This is an analysis of the poem Boo, Forever that begins with:

Spinning like a ghost
on the bottom of a...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101 101000 1 01011 0111 0101 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 104
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 14 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Boo, Forever;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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