This is an analysis of the poem Ghasta Or, The Avenging Demon!!! that begins with:
Hark! the owlet flaps her wing,
In the pathless dell beneath,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaB cdcd ecec fgfg dcdc hchc fgfg egeg idid jkjk ljmX cfXf mlflf emem ngng dcdc gggg hehe deDe jfjf ieie hfhf olol dcDX gjgj jeje cdcd meme eded efef eheh cfcf mhchc acaX leXe edEg elEl acaX cjcX abaB hehe mcgcg gkckc gfgf mjbjb ecec lglg hmhl kjkj cb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,5,4,5,4,4,4,4,4,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 1010101 0010101 1110101 1000111 1010101 1010101 01110111 01011111 1010101 10100101 1010101 10110101 1010101 10100111 11101001 1110111 1011101 0100100101 11111101 11100101 1010111 1110111 01010001 0010001 11111101 01110101 01010101 010100101 1010101 01010101 01010101 11111101 10100101 1100101 010110001 11010101 1011101 1111101 11010111 110111001 10010101 1010101 10101010 10100101 010010101 01010101 1010111 01010101 100 1010011 11011101 1010111 1011101 10110101 10111010 11010101 0101001010 1011101 11010101 1010111 11110101 10111001 1011101 01110101 111000101 110111001 010010111 01110101 01110101 01011101 110110101 11010101 1010011101 1111111 1010001 1111111 1010101 101011001 11100101 1010101 11011111 1011111 01110101 1011111 1100100101 11111101 0011101 11010011 11011101 1111111 1011101 1010011 11011101 11111111 1010101 1111111 1011110 1111101 1011101 1110101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1111101 1110101 1110101 1010111 100101001 10000101 111111010 11011101 110101110 01010111 01011101 10110101 110101001 01011101 01010111 01010111 11010001 11110111 11101001 10010101 01010101 01010111 1011101 1011101 1011101 10101001 10 10011111 1111101 10011101 1010101 1010101 010101001 1011101 1010111 11110101 11010111 01011111 01110101 11010101 11010101 00111101 01010111 01010101 1010101 00111101 01010101 1010101 1110101 10110101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010101 1010111 1010111 1010101 1010111 1000111 01010111 1110101 1110101 1011101 10 1000101 1010111 1011101 11111101 10 1011111 10010001 1111101 11111001 110010111 00100101 11011101 1011111 10 10111001 1000101 1010111 1000101 1110101 00100111 1010111 1010111 01010111 11010101 1011101 1010101 010010101 10101010 1110101 1110101 0100101001 1010101 1010101 10100101 10110101 1010001 1010111 0100110001 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 52
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 24
- Amount of lines: 208
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; his, which, my, i, to, follow, he, ghasta, her, mortal are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words prepare, fierce, see, , fiercer, horrors, horror, its, which, when, lingering, with, the, he, now, know, take, mortal, there, colder are repeated.
The author used the same words see, stranger at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines , night are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.
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