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

It needs not in the owl-light grey
Hither to creep with mystic rune,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababaa cdcdcc dadadd bebebb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100111 10010101 110100101 11000101 10110111 10010111 11011101 01010101 01111101 11110111 11011011 010001001 01010111 11111110 11000101 11100101 11011101 01010011 110011111 1011100111 11111101 11010101 01011101 101101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 word but is repeated.

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  • summary of Ghosts In The Garden;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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