This is an analysis of the poem Invention that begins with:
Tonight the moon is a cracker,
with a bite out of it...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abb caX XcX XXd eXe XXd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010010 001100 10001 100111 01000100 001001 101011 11101101 0010100111 101000 101001 110 00101 010 1011001 1101011 011 01010111001
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 71
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Invention;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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