This is an analysis of the poem Haunters Of The Silence that begins with:

There are haunters of the silence, ghosts that hold the heart and brain:
I have sat with them and hearkened; I have talked with them in vain:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccdd ccee ffgg hhbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 111000101110111 1110011001110001 111001101110101 111011101110001 111111110111111 111010101110101 1011101010011101 100110101010101 111110111110111 101111110111111 101110101010111 111010110011101 001100100010001 111011110100111001 001100100010111 101100101110101 111000101110111 001001101110101 111110101111101 1010101011101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 65 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; have, them, and, i, me, in are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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