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

Host
Linger not, linger not, lift your glasses.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbccccddeeccff gaabbhhcciiaajj edd aiij jjaa fa jaahhd adkkjjd fd jdd fbb eii jl alaamm fcc gn aeei jddooddii fkkcccc jpp eaammc acb jb fj fQ gQ aj jpIIrr epI jiibbddjjhh gmm jpcccII jI jddddddii aaamm jiihheeiii jddiimmhhaaee b gjjaa epp jqq gd ad ga
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,15,3,4,4,2,6,7,2,3,3,3,2,6,3,2,4,9,7,3,6,3,2,2,2,2,2,6,3,11,3,7,2,9,5,10,13,1,5,3,3,2,2,12,4,8,1,12,3,5,4,2,3,5,4,4,4,4,4,15,2,3,10,2,2,2,2,2,3,3,3,4,4,2,5,4,2,3,2,2,2,2,2,3,2,2,3,5,2,3,2,2,2,2,2,5,2,5,2,3,2,2,2,1,3,3,2,3,2,9,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1011011110 111110010 11011101 110100101 1110101 11110101 1001101001 1111110101 110010010010 10111011010 1111101 11110101 10111010 011011110010 1 1111110111 101110111 11111111 01010101 111101101 0111111101 11111110111 110111011 111110101 11111100 11101111 111101101 101101111 1101011010 110 1010110111 1111001001 1 001101001001 01101001001 1010101101 001 110101101 111010101 11101 10 11101 10 11011101 11101101 011101111 101111111 011111101 1 1101001001 1011001011 11101001001 00111001001 10100100111 110010101 10 111111101 001 10011110001 111000100101 10 11010101 1111100011 10 110111111 1110100 10 1010001001 1 11010001 01110101 10101101 11110001 110110111 10 1100101111 00110100101 1 111111 1 10010 111101110 1011 10 01000 0111111 10010111 111111101 101001001001 11111100101 11101001011 1010101101 10 11101101 0110111011 110100111 11111101 1111011101 1101110110 10 1111001101 1111001001 10 111111001 111111011 1010101111 111111111 100101110 1 101111101 11111111 10 110101101 10 1101011001 10 01 1 01 1 01011 10 10 10011001 100100101 11011111 01101111001 10 100 10011001 10 1101110101 10010101 011101001 11001111101 1101001010 10001001010 1110100100 11100100101 1110101101 1111011001 1 111101101 1111000001 10 10 1111001101 01101111001 111001101010 10011001 100100101 1 10011001 10 1111111111 11101101001 11011111001 10101011001 111111111 1101111111 1111101101 1100100111 1 1111101011 10111001101 100100111 11100110100 10 10010111011 010110110011 110100111 111111011 11110110010 110010010110 100100101 101111111101 1111111111 001 1111100111 11010111 1111101 001111111 1110101 110111101 001110111 1011101101 1101101101 11011101 11010010110 111101010 01 1 111100101 010100111 11110101 1010111101 10 11111111 110100111 10 111101101 1111001101 1 111101101 1 11111101 1 111100101 11010101 01101001011 11010010101 101011011 101110100 111111010 0101001010 111101011 1111111001 10111111 10 11111101111 1010110101 101111101 1 01111111 110110011 11111111 11110111 110011111 111101111 01011101 10 111111001 111100101 0100111101 01001001001 111100101 111110101 11111111 1010111111 11111101 11110011 111101110 01101011101 10 1011111 1010101001 1 110101101 010100101 111101110 1011110001 1 10111111 111100001 1110100111 10 100101001 10 11001 10111011001 001 001001 001001 1011 11101 110001 101001 11111 001001 1111 0110010 001001 001111 11110 111 11110 1001 11110 1101 111010 0111 101101 1011 101100 1101 010 10 10111110 10110 11011 0010110 1111111 1111 1101111 111010111 1110101 1111111101 1111011 111101101101 111111111101 1 11 1 1101111 01111111 10 1111010 011101 11001110 11001011 11001111111 111101111 1101101111 10111111001 1101001101 1 11 1 011 001 111 10 110100101 001 011101101 1 10010111 110 10 0011101 00111101 1 1110111101 111111011 10 100111001 101011011 010100111 10 111110111 011101001 1110111101 10 111110101 10 11011110110 111111110 11101111110 11101011010 001 1111011111 11111011 101010111 1 101100101 1 101111111 1110111101 001 11 10 11 10 11 10 11 1 111101001 1 111100111 0011101111 001 11 10 110 001 111 111111111 10 01 11111101 111101101 1111001101 1 11111111 10 0011 101111001 1 110101101 10 10111001 10 0110101111 1 11100101 10 011110 100101 1010111 1111111101 111100101 011100111001 10 1111101 10 11 11100101 101011101 11111 1 111111 10 11111111 11001001111 10 10111011 10 1011111 1 1111110 10101111 10 1110101101 1111 001 100 111 1 0101100001010 001 111101 110010101 1 1111 001 10111 100111101 10111111 11110111 1011111 11110010001 011111011 11111101 01111110 101111 101011010 111101 11100010 11011101 101111111 1001001 111001111 111110010 1010110 010101 1001010 110111 0111110 01001001 1111110 11111101 01001110 010011 0100101 1011101 01011110 0101111 00111011 1010101 11001010 01001001 011110011 111110010 11111001 01011010 11111010 1111001 0111110 1111101 1111101 1111111 1110111010 001101011 11101110 11100101 1111010 110011 11101010 110101 011110110 110111 111001010 1010101 110111 1010101 11001010 1111111 010111001 101111 1001010 010101 1101010 1100101 1100101 10100101 101001110 0100111 0100111 01001011 0100101 111111 1100111 101011011 0010010010 11001001 11110011 110111 11111011 001111011 1 011001101001 11100101 1110111 11110111 01110111 11000101 01110111 10010100 11011101 11110101 11110011 11111111 1011111 11011101 01011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 130
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 121
  • Average number of words per stanza: 24
  • Amount of lines: 540
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, you, i, to, of, in, we, my, his, with, he, me, no, through, must, nor, her, what, let, us, that, love are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, come, the, you, annie, to, with, would, we, that, and are repeated.

    The author used the same word we at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines me, him are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words forget, luck, again at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Supper;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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