This is an analysis of the poem Invitation To Love that begins with:

Come when the nights are bright with stars
Or when the moon is mellow; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcccD eeff ghghaaaD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011101 1101010 11010101 1101110 10011111 100111001 11110011 1111010 1111111 11110101 10111101 1011100101 11110101 1111010 10010001 1001010 11011101 11010111 10010101 1111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; when, come, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words come, you are repeated.

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  • summary of Invitation To Love;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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