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

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Horrid, unwieldly, without form,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffggbbhhiiiijjffXXXbddiikkiihXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 0,41,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100011 10110001 01010001 11010101 10010111 11010101 11010001 11101101 11010101 11111101 11011111 01010001 11011101 01010011 11011111 11111101 1101011 01010101 01010001 11011100 11111101 01110101 11010101 01010101 10110001 11011101 11010111 11011100 10110100 01010101 11110101 11111101 111101001 00010101 10011101 11011101 11111101 10110101 11010110 0110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1454
  • Average number of words per stanza: 246
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , how 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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