This is an analysis of the poem A Toast To Happiness that begins with:
To happiness I raise my glass,
The goal of every human,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccbddbaa ebebccfggfhh cdcdeeiggigg jdjdkkdbbdaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,12,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001111 01010010 010100111 11001110 01100101 01100101 0111010 01010101 01010101 1101010 11010111 11011100 11010101 110101 01000101 010101 01111101 01011101 0011010 1100101001 01010101 1101010 01010111 01010001 11000111 1101010 11110101 1100010 11010101 10010101 1101010 11000100 010010111 0110010 10011011 11010001 11011101 0111010 11010101 1101010 11010101 01100101 1101110 00011111 01010111 1101010 11010100 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 413
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 48
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; every, and, of, to, 'tis, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, 'tis, and are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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