Analysis of An Invitation
Robert Fuller Murray 1863 – 1894
Dear Ritchie, I am waiting for the signal word to fly,
And tell me that the visit which has suffered such belating
Is to be a thing of now, and no more of by-and-by.
Dear Ritchie, I am waiting.
The sea is at its bluest, and the Spring is new creating
The woods and dens we know of, and the fields rejoicing lie,
And the air is soft as summer, and the hedge-birds all are mating.
The Links are full of larks' nests, and the larks possess the sky,
Like a choir of happy spirits, melodiously debating,
All is ready for your coming, dear Ritchie--yes, and I,
Dear Ritchie, I am waiting.
Scheme | abaB bab abaB |
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Poetic Form | Roundel (93%) |
Metre | 11011101010111 0111010111011 11101110111101 1101110 011111000111010 01011110010101 0011111000111110 01111110010101 1010110101010 11101110110101 1101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 580 |
Words | 114 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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