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

FROM sunny climes, beyond the main,
Come, potent Spring, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cdXc effX bggb heeh eaaX dhhd XffX ciic hjjh ekke hllh hmmh gjjg elXeXadda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010101 11001 1101 11011101 10011001 0011 1001 10110101 11011101 1111 1101 111111100 110110001 0111 0111 10010101 11111101 11001 1101 11010111 01011111 1101 10111 11010100 10110101 0101 1101 01010101 11001000 0101 11001 110101001 10110101 0111 1101 10010101 10010101 0101 1101 11001101 10011101 0101 1101 11010101 10010101 1011 0101 10100101 11011111 1101 1111 11010101 11111101 0111 1101 010010111 110101011 0111 1011 110101111 1110111001 11001 1111 110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; on, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of An Invocation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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