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

WE are what suns and winds and waters make us;
The mountains are our sponsors, and the rills...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXacdeXXfcXbeabaXfXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 23,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11111111011 0101110101 1011110011 1101010100 1101010101 0101010101 0101010111 11011100111 11010010101 0110010101 1100010001 01010010101 10111100110 0101000101 0101000101 1111001101 1101010101 1001000101 0010011001 11111111001 01011100101 1011001101 100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 987
  • Average number of words per stanza: 178
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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