This is an analysis of the poem A Toast that begins with:
The vintage, friends, is over,
And here sweet wine makes, once again, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: ababccc bdbdeee bfXfggg bhbhbbb aiaiccc jkjkhhh XkXkkkkXbhbhccc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,15,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101010 11111101 1111010 11001001 111 101 11011001 0101010 11111111 1111110 111110011 1101 111 111100101 1101010 11111101 1101110 11110101 1101 1001 11111111 11101010 11010101 0111010 11111101 101 0101 01010101 0111110 11110111 1100110 01010011 111 101 01111101 1111010 11111101 11001110 11011101 0101 1101 010001001 1101110 11111111 11011000 11111101 1101 1111 11111100 1101010 01011011 1001010 11010111 1101 1101 01011101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 204
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, us, our are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words to, our are repeated.
The author used the same word let at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Toast;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
