This is an analysis of the poem The Invitation: To Tom Hughes that begins with:

Come away with me, Tom,
Term and talk are done;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXdbdcdedfgXgahhhbijikliXbhdhmbmbXkhkclilbnbncebXibbbdiXXebjbblXlibebXocodhXhemXmbiXiaXXXablbdeaeXdfdekXk X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 108,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011 11111 111110 101001 1001010 10101 101010 11111 101010 10101 111110 10111 111010 11111 111010 11111 101011 10101 111010 11111 111110 10101 111010 11101 101001 11111 111110 1000 111110 10101 101111 1001001 001010 00101 001010 00101 0101100 01111 001110 00101 1011101 11001 101011 11111 111111 10101 101111 100111 101010 10111 101010 101000 101010 101110 101010 101010 101010 00101 101110 01101 111110 10101 101010 100111 111010 11101 101010 10101 111111 10111 101110 110011 101011 11101 111110 10101 111110 11101 111000 00101 111110 10011 111000 00101 101110 10101 1000101 11101 101111 01110 1011100 10100 111111 10101 111100 10110 101110 10111 101110 11101 10100100 10101 100110 10111 101111 10101 101110 010101 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1317
  • Average number of words per stanza: 235
  • Amount of lines: 110
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, of, if, we are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words of, if are repeated.

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