This is an analysis of the poem A Loving-Cup Song that begins with:

COME, heap the fagots! Ere we go
Again the cheerful hearth shall glow;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbb ddbeebc ccbccbf ddbeebX ccbffba ggbhhbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010111 01010111 111010111 11111111 11011101 11010111 110101 11010111 01011001 111001111 11010101 01010110 01011111 010111 11010111 01011101 01010111 11110111 10111101 010011111 0100111 01010111 10110111 11011111 11110111 11001101 1101000111 11010001 11010111 010010101 010100111 10010101 01110101 11010111 1110101 11110001 11010101 110110111 010100111 11111111 11111111 111111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 242
  • Average number of words per stanza: 47
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, my are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, to, their, in, peep, till are repeated.

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