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

JUNE, 1866.
BREATHE thro' me in music,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aBcB Xded fgXg Xhfh Xeee XhXh eaea fiei iede egcX XdXd fhXc jiXi Xjej aXjB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 111010 10001 100010 10001 101110 10101 111110 01101 101110 10101 101100 110011 101010 10101 101010 10001 101010 101010 101010 1010010 101010 01101 011010 01101 101110 11101 101010 00101 111110 10111 010010 00101 001010 01001 001010 001001 110110 10111 101010 100100 111010 10101 111100 11101 101010 00101 111010 0010010 101010 10101 111010 10111 101010 11101 101010 100101 111010 10101 01001010 10001
  • Amount of stanzas: 16
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 91
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, from, through are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase spirit connects the lines.

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

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