This is an analysis of the poem Ghosts In Deptford that begins with:

If ghosts should walk in Deptford, as very well they may,
A man might find the night there more stirring than the day,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc dXXa eedd ffcc ggaa ccdd ddee aahh XdaaXhhaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0111010110111 0111011110101 1101011110101 1111010011101 110011101100011 01001110010111 1101110010111 0111010110111 11001010110101 1111110110101 111111011010 1101110111101 11001110110101 1111010110111 11001010110101 1101010010101 1101010110001 1101010110101 0101010111101 0111010110111 0111010110111 01001110110101 0100011011110 01001010110001 1101110110111 1100110110101 01110010110101 11011101101101 0101110011111 1111110101 1111010111111 1111010011101 0111110110111 1111010111101 1111010010111 1111010010101 11110010111101 11010100100001 0111110110111 1111010011111 1101011110111 1101110010111 1111011111101 01001010111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 233
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 44
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, in, should, their, of are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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