This is an analysis of the poem An Incantation that begins with:

Come with me, and we will blow
Lots of bubbles, as we go;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AAbbccAAXXddX bbXdeeff dfggddbbdddX cchhddggiiccee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,8,12,14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011101 1010111 1011101 1010101 11100111 0010100 1011101 1010111 1010101001 1111101 1010110 1011111 111100 1010101 1010111 1110100 1110111 11100110 10111010 1010101 1110101 10101011 1011101 1010101 1110101 1010111 1010101 1110111 1000101 1010101 1010101 10100111 0010100 1010111 101111 11101101 1111111111 11001101011 10001011 10100111 101001111 1010101 1010111 1111101 1111101 100101010 11101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 373
  • Average number of words per stanza: 70
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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 An Incantation;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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