This is an analysis of the poem The Laying Of Ghosts that begins with:
Oh ! weary ghosts, be still !
Sad spectres of long dead delights,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacdccdc effeghhhhg iddijiddij jkkjldmmdl fmmfdnffnd jbbjXcmmXX hfXholcblo
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110101 11001101 11000111 01011111 11010100 010101 111101010 110100010 11110101 11011101 000101 01010101 01011001 01111111 11110101 111101 11110011 11010101 11010111 01000101 110101 11110101 01110101 110101111 11111111 010011 11010111 11011101 11010101 11011001 100101 01010100 01111100 10111101 11010111 111101 01011111 11110101 011100111 110111001 101111 100010101 01111111 01001111 01010101 010111 11010111 110101001 11011111 11010101 110011 010011111 01110101 11111101 11111110 111101 10001101 110111101 01001110 11011101 111101 11110011 111111000 11111101 10110111 110111 11011101 1111101 11011101 11011111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 333
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 70
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, ye, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, the are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Laying Of Ghosts;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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