This is an analysis of the poem The Haymakers’ Song that begins with:
HERE’S to him that grows it,
Drink, lads, drink! ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aBaBaaaB aBaBXXXB cBcBccXB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1001110 111 1100110 111 0111110 1100110 1111110 111 11101110 111 1101110 111 1101110 1111110 10111110 111 11101110 111 0101010 111 0101011 1101011 1100110 111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 224
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, and, that, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word that is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it, man are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word drink at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Haymakers’ Song;
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- history of its creation;
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