This is an analysis of the poem Invitation Only that begins with:
The giving of oneself who commits to it,
With no strings attached to permit......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAAABCD efXXXX afgfXc XX dhaXaiec X hX X Xgjhbj XX c X cicjacacjXAAAABCD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,6,2,8,1,2,1,6,2,1,1,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01001110100 01101001 101010010001 101011011001 01110101001 0101011101 1010110011011 1001 11111011 101001001101 1111100100101 1100011 1101 11 01011011 010001010 001000101 1101 100101111010 1000 10111110101 110101011 1100101001 1101111 1101 11111011 010 101 11111011101010 1110011101101 111 1110101111000 11111 0100 1101011 010101 11111 010100 10111 1 11110110110 11111101 1111101110 1110 0111101010 11111 1111010101 0100100110111 110110 0101010111 011111010 1110101 01001110100 01101001 101010010001 101011011001 01110101001 0101011101 1010110011011
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 59
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, no, i, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.
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- summary of Invitation Only;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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