This is an analysis of the poem The Ghost At The Second Bridge that begins with:
You'd call the man a senseless fool,—
A blockhead or an ass,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: abcbdcdceeeeaccc eaeadbab fgbgchih Xjijkcac cicichch alclmcXc jijiannn jfhfkkhk aaaahoho hhhhihih chchdndn hmhmhchc hphpmgmg cbcbXheh Xnmnmcmh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 011111 11011101 0101001 11010101 101111 11010101 000101 10010101 011101 01010101 010101 111111101 110101 11011101 010101 11010101 011101 11110101 110101 010110001 110101 11010101 111101 11011101 010111 11011101 110111 11111101 110101 11110101 110110 11110101 010101 11010101 110101 11011101 110101 11010101 110101 11011101 110101 01111001 110101 01010111 011101 11010111 110101 1110111 111101 11110111 111101 01111101 111011 01010001 10101 11110101 010101 01011101 110101 11011101 010101 11010101 0101001 110010101 110101 01110101 010101 11010101 111101 11010101 010101 01011101 111101 11000111 010111 01010111 011111 110100101 010101 01010011 011111 11111111 010101 11010101 011101 11011101 010111 11010101 110111 11111101 011111 11010111 110101 11010011 110101 01010111 111111 01010101 010111 01010001 110111 01110101 110001 11111101 110101 0111111 111101 11011101 011101 1111101 110101 11111111 110101 11110111 010101 1100101010 111101 11110111 110101 11111100 111111 11110111 111101 11110101 110111 11110111 1111001010
- Amount of stanzas: 15
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 266
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 128
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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; we, i, you, its, and are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and, her, he, its are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Ghost At The Second Bridge;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
