This is an analysis of the poem Hands All Round that begins with:
First pledge our Queen this solemn night,
Then drink to England, every guest;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXabcbcDDED fgfgehehDDed cXcXgagaDDED
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 110101001 11011000 11010101 11011101 01010101 11010100 11010101 111 1010101 0011010111 1011010111 01010111 011101001 01110101 11000101 010101001 01110001 010011111 11010101 111 1010101 0011010111 110100100111 01110110 110001010 01110111 01011101 11010111 110100101 11110111 11010101 111 1010101 0011010111 1011010111
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 421
- Average number of words per stanza: 78
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; round, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, we are repeated.
The author used the same word to at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word round at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Hands All Round;
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- idea of the verse;
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