Analysis of A Toast
George Santayana 1863 (Madrid) – 1952 (Rome)
See this bowl of purple wine,
Life-blood of the lusty vine!
All the warmth of summer suns
In the vintage liquid runs,
All the glow of winter nights
Plays about its jewel lights,
Thoughts of time when love was young
Lurk its ruby drops among,
And its deepest depths are dyed
With delight of friendship tried.
Worthy offering, I ween,
For a god or for a queen,
Is the draught I pour to thee,--
Comfort of all misery,
Single friend of the forlorn,
Haven of all beings born,
Hope when trouble wakes at night,
And when naught delights, delight.
Holy Death, I drink to thee;
Do not part my friends and me.
Take this gift, which for a night
Puts dull leaden care to flight,
Thou who takest grief away
For a night and for a day.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEEAFGGHHIIGGIIJJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101 1110101 1011101 0010101 1011101 1011101 1111111 1110101 0110111 1011101 1010011 1011101 1011111 1011100 1011001 1011101 1110111 0110101 1011111 1111101 1111101 1110111 111101 1010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 728 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 559 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 137 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 01, 2023
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