Analysis of A toast
Emily Pauline Johnson 1861 – 1913
There's wine in the cup, Vancouver,
And there's warmth in my heart for you,
While I drink to your health, your youth, and your wealth,
And the things that you yet will do.
In a vintage rare and olden,
With a flavour fine and keen,
Fill the glass to the edge, while I stand up to pledge
My faith to my western queen.
Then here's a Ho! Vancouver, in wine of the bonniest hue,
With a hand on my hip and the cup at my lip,
And a love in my life for you.
For you are a jolly good fellow, with a great, big heart, I know;
So I drink this toast
To the "Queen of the Coast."
Vancouver, here's a Ho!
And here's to the days that are coming,
And here's to the days that are gone,
And here's to your gold and your spirit bold,
And your luck that has held its own;
And here's to your hands so sturdy,
And here's to your hearts so true,
And here's to the speed of the day decreed
That brings me again to you.
Then here's a Ho! Vancouver, in wine of the bonniest hue,
With a hand on my hip and the cup at my lip,
And a love in my life for you.
For you are a jolly good fellow, with a great, big heart, I know;
So I drink this toast
To the "Queen of the Coast."
Vancouver, here's a Ho!
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Poetic Form | Song |
Metre | 11001010 01101111 11111111011 00111111 00101010 101101 101101111111 1111101 1101010011011 101111001111 00101111 1110101101011111 11111 101101 010101 011011110 01101111 0111101101 01111111 01111110 0111111 0110110101 1110111 1101010011011 101111001111 00101111 1110101101011111 11111 101101 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,191 |
Words | 249 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 7, 8, 7 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 217 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 61 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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