This is an analysis of Invocation To Misery by Percy Bysshe Shelley.

I.
Come, be happy!—sit near me,…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aAbccc XAaddd Xeefff Xgghhi ajXkkX aXXlll Xeekkk Xccccc XcccXc ijjaaX ammaba Xnnhhh XiXjjj
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 1 1010111 1110100 1010101 1001101 1010101 1 1010111 1111101 11100111 10101001 0100001 1 100111110 10101010 1000111 1001111 10110101 1 1110111 1110100 01111101 11011011 0111101 1 1010111 1011101 1011011 1001101 0010100 1 11110011 11110110 1110100 01110111 1010111 1 111101010 001110110 111001110 01101010 11101110 1 1111111 1111101 1111111 1110111 1110101 1 1000101 1010111 01011101 010001100 1111101 1 1111101 1111001 1010011 1010101 0011110 1 1110111 1111111 1110101 1100100 1110001 1 1111111 1011001 1110111 1110101 1110101 1 1011011 1110000 1010001 11100111 1111110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 13
  • Lines: 78

Repeated words/phrases

and, thou