This is an analysis of the poem The Poet Talks With The Biographers that begins with:

Written originally in French
O ghouls of fetid and funereal midnights,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X Xaaaa aaaaa XbXXb XaXaa acaac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100001 11010110010 111101001110 1110000100011 101010001011 011010 110111001101 1111010101 11010110110 1101010101 010101 1010001001100 101110111010 1111011101 010000101 11101110 11111011110 011101001101 1101000101 01010101110 011101 10001101101 10101001011 011101001011 10001111010 10011
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 174
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Poet Talks With The Biographers;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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