This is an analysis of the poem Messmates All that begins with:
Who will drink a health with me?
Drink together, messmates all!...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a B XcXcaB a B dedeaB e B efefeB a B gfgXXB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,6,1,1,6,1,1,6,1,1,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 10101001 001111000 11101 10101111 1011101 10110111 1001 111101 10101001 00111010 10111 101110010 1000100 1110111 1001 0110111 10101001 00111010 10111 10101110 1011101 1111111 1001 0011101 10101001 10100010 10111 10001010 1001101 0011101 1001
- Amount of stanzas: 12
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
- Average number of words per stanza: 13
- Amount of lines: 32
- 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; and is 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 all at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Messmates All;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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