This is an analysis of An Invitation by John Bradford.
Come away, gentle Clare, to the banks of the Wye,
While the stars of the earth shine to gladden thine eye,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccXa ddeeffAA aXbbccAA aaaaggAA
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 101101001001 101001101011 101001101011 001011111101 101001011101 1011001101001 11111110111 001101101001 110001101101 001111011101 001011111111 1011001011111 101101001111 001001110011 110110100001 101001001001 11001001001 001011101011 101101101011 10101100111 111011011001 10011001001 110110100001 101001001001 01011101011 01101011001 010011011001 11001101001 101111111101 01101001011 110110100001 101001001001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
to, of
Anaphora
while, the
