This is an analysis of the poem Ghostly that begins with:
Once in a starry night sprawling on the cloud's edge
It occurred: am I a soul—or merely a ghostly spirit? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xa XXabc bXXcaX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,5,6,1,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 100101101011 001110111001010 10011001001101 11001111001 101011001111 011011 0110010101 1110100100101 01101010111010 1110001000100 001101 1101101010110101 10010011010001 01011010100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Ghostly;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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