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

There's a house across the street
That nobody goes into;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaacdcd effXegaga dXXXXeheh eddeXaaaXg eeggghXX ciiccgjgj keekkaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,10,8,9,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010101 1111100 1010111 11001111 1100101 1010111 0111111 1010101 1110101 1111111 1111101 1010101 1111110 1011111 1111101 1111111 11111011 1110101 1101111 101011110 1111110 1010110 1111101 10011111 10110111 1010101 1011101 11101110 1111111 1011111 1110011 1110110 1010001 1111111 1111011 11000111 1111101 1110111 1011111 1011101 1110101 1011111 0110111 0000100 10111100 1110101 1110101 1010111 1110111 1000111 0110111 1110111 1110111 0111111 1110111 1111101 1011101 0010001 1110001 1011100 1111111 1110101 1000001
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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, i, an' are repeated.

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

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

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

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