This is an analysis of the poem Let's Drink To Our Next Meeting that begins with:

Let's drink to our next meeting, lads,
Nor think on what's atwixt;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbC dXXXe Xfef d agag d aXbCXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,4,1,4,1,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 111110 111100110 110101 10 11011100 111100 01110111 010101 01111101 110101 11011111 010101 10 1111011 111101 11111101 110111 10 11011101 111110 111100110 110101 10
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 83
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • 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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