This is an analysis of the poem Four In The Morning that begins with:

Cried the navy-blue ghost
Of Mr. Belaker...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXBXaAaaccddbbddaAeedXffddggXXaaXXcXBcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 39,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011 010100 0011101110 100011 1111 10101001001 0100111001 1101101011 0111011001 101111111 1001001001 01111101101 1110111110 10110010010 11000111 001001010011 10100111111 10101001001 0101100101 11110111 1100100111 1111110110 110011101 11010111 1010100101 1010011101 101110101 10100101 0011110100 10000111010 10100100100 101001010100 010100010 10100101 01010111 01011010100 0011101110 1010110111 010010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1484
  • Average number of words per stanza: 261
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; of is repeated.

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

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

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