This is an analysis of Invocation by Edith Nesbit.
The Spirit of Darkness, the Prince of the Power of the Air,
The terror that walketh by night, and the horror by day,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eeee fgfXg
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,5,
- Metre: 010010010010001 01011011101011 01001001101101 111110111101101 11111001101011 101001001101111 11101001101101 11001010001001 101101011011001 101001101011001 101001011101001 01101111111011 10111111001101 0010110010111001 1010010111100001 11011101111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 17
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, him
Anaphora
the, let