This is an analysis of the poem One Bumper At Parting that begins with:

One bumper at parting! -- though many
Have circled the board since we met, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbcbcDEDe bfbfdgdgDEDe hbhbhihidede
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110110 11001111 010010010 01001111 010110100 01111011 110011001 01111101 111111010 01011011 111010010 11101001 110110110 01101001 111011001 11011001 111010010 11000110110 110111010 110110110 111111010 01011011 111010010 11101001 111011010 01001111 111111010 01011101 111110110 011001101 111111110 01101011 111111010 01010011 111010010 01101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 448
  • Average number of words per stanza: 82
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; of is repeated.

    The poet repeated the same word cup at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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