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

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Come, be happy!—sit near me,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAbccc XAaddd Xeefff Xgghhi ajXkkX aXXlll Xeekkk Xccccc XcccXc ijjaaX ammaba Xnnhhh XiXjjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1010111 1110100 1010101 1001101 1010101 1 1010111 1111101 11100111 10101001 0100001 1 100111110 10101010 1000111 1001111 10110101 1 1110111 1110100 01111101 11011011 0111101 1 1010111 1011101 1011011 1001101 0010100 1 11110011 11110110 1110100 01110111 1010111 1 111101010 001110110 111001110 01101010 11101110 1 1111111 1111101 1111111 1110111 1110101 1 1000101 1010111 01011101 010001100 1111101 1 1111101 1111001 1010011 1010101 0011110 1 1110111 1111111 1110101 1100100 1110001 1 1111111 1011001 1110111 1110101 1110101 1 1011011 1110000 1010001 11100111 1111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 78
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, thou are repeated.

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