This is an analysis of the poem Toasting With Cocktails that begins with:

Say what you will,
But words plastered...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbcaaXcXdXdXXdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110 1110 010101 01010101 010010 000101 1101100101 0011010 1101001001 011010010 0111110011 0100111 11010100010011 0111110 01011011010010 100101010 1010100100010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 601
  • Average number of words per stanza: 96
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • 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.

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  • summary of Toasting With Cocktails;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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