This is an analysis of the poem Here's To Thy Health that begins with:

Tune - "Laggan Burn."
Here's to thy health, my bonie lass,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcbXbcb bdbdXbab ebbbXeee cfcfebXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010 1011111 1111011 111101101 0111111 11011101 1111011 11111101 1111011 11110101 1111010 10110101 1111010 11111101 1110011 01011101 1101011 11111101 1111011 10111101 1100011 11111101 1111010 11111111 1111010 11111101 1101110 11111101 1111111 1111110111 1111111 101110101 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • 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; i, thee, i'll are repeated.

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