This is an analysis of the poem I Came To Accept The Invitation that begins with:
What does one do when found attractive?
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbc dX ee fbX g ahX fX dX gbX X cX bh Xb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,2,2,3,1,3,2,2,3,1,2,2,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111010 01001100 001010111010 1010011010 11101 111000100 1110011011 111 1100101 11 1111001 1101101 110 1 01111101 111011 1 1111 111 11 11100010 100 11110111 0010010 11101 1110111 101000111 111011111 1100101010
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 58
- Average number of words per stanza: 11
- Amount of lines: 29
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.
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