This is an analysis of the poem Drink Out Thy Glass that begins with:
Drink out thy glass! See, on thy threshold, nightly,
Staying his sword, stands Death, awaiting thee....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccb dededde dfdfddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11111111110 1001110101 01010111010 1001011010 11111100001 1010 110110101 10011111110 1011111101 11111111010 0011100101 11111111010 11110 1011011101 11111101110 10110111011 10011111010 0111101101 11011111110 11110 0101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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.
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- summary of Drink Out Thy Glass;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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