This is an analysis of the poem The Two Of Us Won’t Share A Glass Together that begins with:

The two of us won’t share a glass together
Be it of water or of sweet red wine;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaa cXXccX XddXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01011101010 0001010111 11010001010 1111011101 11011101110 11010111010 1111011111 11011101011 1101001101 11010011110 010111001 110101011 101111011 1011110101 110010011 0101010101 1111111101 0111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 253
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, you, s are repeated.

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