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

Imagine, ma petite,
Dear sister mine, how sweet...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccbddcddX EE aadaadXefggf EE hhXXXciiajjaXEE
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,2,12,2,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101 110111 010111110 100111 010101 101110110 011111 101101 11011111 111101 110111 11111000 11010101 10110111 100101 111101 11010101 111101 101100 01010101 11010 101100 11010111 010101 100101 00111101 11010101 10110111 110101 111101 10010101 110111 011100 11010111 010101 010111 11011001 111101 011111 11011101 11010101 10110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 211
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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.

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

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  • summary of Invitation To The Voyage;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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