This is an analysis of the poem Ghosts that begins with:
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Can they still live,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abACACb Xdddddd Xededdd Xafaf adgcdcg ahijhji XkkdgDg Xkchkch Xljilji hDdXdcd ahcccch XmbmbdX Xcnhchn Xlhnhln Xlcjjlc XiLlill XdXaoOX XmdimX Xddlclc Xgipgip XdldLll XlXodOX Xlflllf XbACACb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,5,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,6,7,7,7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1111 1011 1000 1011 1011 1010 1 1111 0101 10110 1101 0101 10110 1 1111 1111 1001 1001 1011 0001 1 1111 1001 1111 1001 1 1101 1001 1011 1111 1001 1101 1 1011 10010 1011 1101 1011 10110 1 11010 11010 1011 1001 1111 1101 1 10010 10010 1011 10010 11010 1001 1 1011 1101 11010 1111 1001 10010 1 1111 1001 10100 1011 10110 1001 1 1011 1001 1011 1001 1101 1011 1 1011 1011 1011 0001 1001 10011 1 1101 1001 1101 1001 1011 1011 1 1111 1001 1001 1111 1111 1101 1 1111 10110 1011 1001 1101 10110 1 10010 1011 1101 10010 1011 1011 1 1011 1011 1001 1011 1111 1010 11110 1001 1111 01010 1010 10110 1 1101 1011 10110 1011 11110 1011 1 1011 10010 10010 1011 10010 10010 1 1111 1101 1001 1011 1111 1111 1 1011 11110 1011 1001 1111 1010 1 1101 10010 1011 1001 1101 11010 1 1111 1011 1000 1011 1011 1010
- Amount of stanzas: 24
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 165
- Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 3
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 Ghosts;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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