This is an analysis of the poem Phantoms that begins with:

This was her home; one mossy gable thrust
Above the cedars and the locust trees:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababb aXacc dXddd XaXaa efeff eaeaa ghghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101110101 0101010101 0101110101 0101001100 0111011101 11001000111 11001110111 11011101101 0101010101 1111010101 01001010101 0101010101 0111010101 0101010101 1101110101 1101010111 1101011101 0101100101 0101010101 0111100101 1111110101 1101010101 1101011111 01011000101 1011010101 1001110101 0101110011 0101010101 0101010101 01001010101 1011110101 10110100011 0101110111 0101110101 1101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, not, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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  • summary of Phantoms;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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