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

DAMON.
Haste! Sylvia! haste, my charming Maid!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bcbccbcb d aeaefgfg a ahahacac d eieigfgf a cbcbchch d jkckcljl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10 110011101 11110001 11010011 11001101 101010101 11010111 11010101 11110101 100 11011101 0101101 11010001 111110101 01010111 11100101 11111101 11111101 10 110010101 11010101 11110101 11010101 10110101 011000101 01110101 011100111 100 11110101 10110011 10111111 11011101 11010111 101100101 11110101 11010111 10 01111101 10110111 11110101 11010101 11010111 11010101 11011101 11011101 100 11111101 11011101 11111101 111111001 11101101 11110111 01111111 11101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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.

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  • summary of The Invitation;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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