This is an analysis of the poem The Toast that begins with:
A toast to thee, 0 dear old year,
While the last moments fly,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdb eeXede XbXcXb afffaf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011111 101101 01011100 110101 11010111 111101 01011101 000101 010100100 110101 11010100 010001 11110111 010110 01011101 110100 11000111 111101 11011111 110101 11110101 110111 11111111 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words come, and are repeated.
The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Toast;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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