This is an analysis of the poem Ghosts that begins with:
Some ghosts are women,
neither abstract nor pale,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcdc adadceX bacceeX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110 100111 1111111 11011 11101101 101010 111110 11110 11101 101100111 11011 0111110 0111 11001 11110 11011 101111 11010110 1011001010 1100
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 176
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 20
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Ghosts;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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