Here's To The Maiden Of Bashful Fifteen by Richard Brinsley Sheridan: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Here's To The Maiden Of Bashful Fifteen that begins with:

Here's to the maiden of bashful fifteen;
Here's to the widow of fifty;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa b BBB cdcd b BBB eaea b BBB fgfg bXBBB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,1,3,4,1,3,4,1,3,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001001001 10010010 1001001001 110011110 10 1011 1001 11011101101 1001011011 10011111 1001001011 110010111 10 1011 1001 11011101101 1001001001 1001111010 1001001101 110010110 10 1011 1001 11011101101 11001011001 1110111010 11011011001 1111010010 10 1011 1001 11011101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 86
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; here's, to, let are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word here's is repeated.

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