This is an analysis of the poem The Wine-Cup Is Circling that begins with:

The wine-cup is circling in Almhin's hall,
And its Chief, 'mid his heroes reclining, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccXdde fXfXbbfggf hbhbggecce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101000101 1011010010 1100100101 10111010 1111 00101 10110101010 100111 00101 110100100001001 010111101 11111010 110100101 101011010 101001 10101 1011100101 1010001 11101 101100110000101 110010101 10010010100 1101001001 110010100 001001 1111 111100101 10111 100101 11000100001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 371
  • Average number of words per stanza: 61
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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  • history of its creation;
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