This is an analysis of the poem A Toast To The Men that begins with:

Here's to the men! Since Adam's time
They've always been the same;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXabcXcdebefcdc gbbbfhfhXbXbfaga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10011101 111001 01010111 010001 01010111 011101 11101101 101101 11100101 110101 111001001 101011 11101101 110111 11010101 010101 10010011 110111 11101101 010101 11101101 110101 11011101 010101 11111101 111101 11111111 111101 11011111 111101 11011001 110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 540
  • Average number of words per stanza: 97
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; they, if, when are repeated.

    The author used the same word here's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of A Toast To The Men;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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