This is an analysis of the poem Invitational Malaise that begins with:

Invitational malaise directed.
To keep some dazed....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABc AABc dXeX XeX edeaea AAeXeBeXeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,3,6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010001010 0111 0101 0101110 1010001010 0111 0101 0010111110 10101010 101 0 01010 0100010100 0 01010 111011010 10 0 0111101 0 010101 1010001010 0111 0 01010 0 0101 0 01010 0 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The author used the same word invitational at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word dumbdown at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of Invitational Malaise;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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