Analysis of The Invitation
Edith Nesbit 1858 (Kennington, Surrey ) – 1924 (New Romney, Kent)
DELIA, my dear, delightful Lady,
Time flies in town, you say,
New gowns shine fresh as May,
The Park is glad and gay,
Ah--but the woods are green and shady--
Come, Delia, come away!
The crown your kneeling slaves award you
Is beauty's royal right;
Your beauty, Delia, might
Win crowns more sweet, more bright:
Your niggard world will not afford you
The crown of Heart's delight.
Sable your court will wear--to lose you;
My garden's dressed in green,
Such buds its leaves between
As never yet were seen;
There is no flower it can refuse you--
Come to your King, my Queen!
Scheme | ABBBAB CDDDCD CEEECE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 101101010 110111 111111 011101 110111010 110101 011101011 11101 110101 111111 110111011 011101 101111111 110101 111101 110101 1111011011 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 578 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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