This is an analysis of The Invitation by Thomas Dekker.

LIVE with me still, and all the measures
Played to by the spheres I'll teach thee;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcdXbdbd
  • Stanza lengths: 4,9,
  • Metre: 101111010 10101111 111101010 011001111 101101110 11101010 111011010 111101010 011101011 00111010 111101011 10101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12