This is an analysis of the poem Invocation To The Muses that begins with:

Read by the poet at The Public Ceremonial of The Naional Institute
of Arts and Letters at Carnegie Hall, New York, January 18th, 1941....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aX bcbdXedccFXagahgh abfabb FffbbaagXdg cccciiXjjj XkXgXlalk gakakkaa jjkmXk lalXflalnnanl XfXlmccbcfe fXeXccmffm
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,17,6,11,10,9,8,6,13,11,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 110101010101000010101 011101100111101011 1110011011 1100 1101 0101010100 100101 0110110001 1111101100 1011010101 100101 01010101110001 011110010100 110111010 00110101 01110110010111001 0101 00110111010 1111000111111101 01011010101 01110101010111 1011110111001101 01110001 01001001011111 11100101110101 01010101110001 1101011111 110001011111011111 11001111 101101110011010101 11111110 100110011011111110110 1011 1011100 111101011111100100 01010111 111101011101 10011101111101111101 101101 1011001100101 11001110111 110111001111001 010111000111010 010001001000101110101111 110111 1111011 001100111100 101111110111 010100111011011101000 00011111011101 11010101110101101011 101100010111 11011101001 01010011010101 11010101010011001010011 11011111001 11011111111111 1101001101 1111010101 011101 1111111101 11110110101 1001010111110010101 1000001010 01000011101010 11010101 01010101110101110 110011011000 0101010100 11110111 100100101 1101011101 0111100 1111 110101 1001010101 01110011 11011101011010001 0101010101 1001010010001 10110101 0001010101 1101010100 11110111 111100 1111011101 111101010 11110111101 1111010001 011111 1011110 1011011101 1111 11011111 111111 0101 10111101011101110 11010 110101101010 11010101010 0101010101 1111010101 10110011011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 431
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 103
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, be, all, with, for, him, who, page, how are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, transferring, nor, let, how are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines it, them are repeated).

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  • summary of Invocation To The Muses;
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