This is an analysis of the poem Invocation Ii that begins with:

COME to-night in a dream to-night,
Come as you used to do,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aBabcbcB dbdBebeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100101 111101 100100101 1001001 100101011 1101101 1001001011 111101 111011111 101111 011100101 111101 11101101 110111 111101000 00101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word come is repeated.

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  • summary of Invocation Ii;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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