This is an analysis of the poem The Wassail that begins with:

Give way, give way, ye gates, and win
An easy blessing to your bin... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaa bbb bbb ccc ddd bbb eee fff bbb ggg hhh ii
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 11010011 110111000 11010101 11011101 11010101 11111101 11011111 110101111 11110101 11111111 10110101 10010101 11010101 01010100 11110101 11111101 11010101 11110111 11111101 11011101 01111111 11110111 00111111 11010101 11111101 11110101 11011101 11011101 01010101 00010111 11111101 10010011 11011101 11001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; your is repeated.

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