This is an analysis of the poem Our Little Ghost that begins with:

Oft, in the silence of the night,
When the lonely moon rides high, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbcXda dbebdfgf dbebdehe diXidhdh dcdcgddd dafaebfX XjcjaaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 10010001 1010111 1101110 1110111 00101010 10100100 10101110 1010101 01010100 1011101 01011101 0011101 10101010 1011111 10101010 1010001 01010100 1011101 01010101 1010111 01010101 10101101 10010101 1011101 01010100 1010101 10100100 1010111 10001011 1110101 10001010 1000111 01010100 11101010 01011101 01101010 10100110 1011101 10101010 1111101 01010100 110001 01110101 011101 01010101 0010101 11010101 1011101 11110101 110111 11111010 1010101 10010001 011101 11000101 111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 256
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (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; and, its are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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