This is an analysis of the poem The Spectral Horseman that begins with:
What was the shriek that struck Fancy's ear
As it sate on the ruins of time that is past?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdefghfibcaceciXfceiiegiebfjXbchXdbafcXdecaakfbXkdkXfcibjkja
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 62,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 110111101 101101001101 10110101001 11001101001 000101101 10100111011 110111101 1001001101 11100100101 01101001001 11011101001 0110100101 1010101001 1110101011 1101001001 1110101011 0101111101 01011101001 0010100101 11101001001 1100100101 010111011 111101101001 11101101101 101001111101 0011110101 0100100101 0110101001 11111010010 101111101001 11011010100 110110101 1100100101 110110010010 1010100101000 10110101001 010101001 1010100101 101011001010 11010101 0100011010010 101001011101 01010011101 10111101001 0101001001 1011010101 11010110010 00100100100010 111110110011 110111010010 101001011011 11001111001 111001001011 1100100101 0110111101 1010100101 010110101 11101001010 111010010 111110101 1011101001 1100100111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2862
- Average number of words per stanza: 538
- Amount of lines: 62
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word 'tis is repeated.
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- summary of The Spectral Horseman;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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