This is an analysis of the poem Incitement Invited that begins with:

Incitement invited to arouse excitement,
To stir up and ignite an irritation wished......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabcdeacbcbebc X e dXX Xd badX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,1,1,3,2,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010001010 011101110101 1101000100 1011010100100 001010110 1100101010101 0110101010100 1101100001010 11101001101 00101101011 11110101 01001010101 11111101 01011001110100 10110010101 01110011 1011101 11000110 11100101101 01011 1110010 1111101 001010100 101 11111 11011101 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; and, to are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Incitement Invited;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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