This is an analysis of the poem The Devoutly Thankful Lover that begins with:

So Nell was married yesterday! -
Let's fill a bumper mellow,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bbcb dede fcfb Xebeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 1101010 11001101 1001010 111111010 1111010 11011101 1111010 01011111 0101010 11100101 1100110 11011101 110101 11110111 110100 11111111 1111010 11110101 0111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Devoutly Thankful Lover;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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