This is an analysis of the poem The Ghost: Book Ii (Excerpt) that begins with:

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXaXbbccddeeeXXXccffeeddaaccaacXbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 0,37,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010011 110001001 11010111 11010111 11010101 11010101 10110101 11000101 11010001 01010101 11010101 11010101 11010101 11110101 111101010 100101010 11110101 0100010001000100 11010101 01011111 10010101 11110001 01010001 11011111 11010101 11010001 10110001 10110001 11011101 11111110 10001101 01010111 010010001 100100010100 10110001 110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1415
  • Average number of words per stanza: 218
  • Amount of lines: 38
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , whose are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.

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