This is an analysis of A Cavalier's Toast by Madison Julius Cawein.

Some drink to Friendship, some to Love,
Through whom the world is fair, perdie!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaabc X dbddbc
  • Stanza lengths: 6,1,6,
  • Metre: 11010101 1101011 11011101 11110101 11010101 110100 1 11001111 11111111 11011101 11011111 010110000 110100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 13

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