This is an analysis of the poem The Spoilsport that begins with:
My familiar ghost again
Comes to see what he can see, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbAX cbcb dede dXde adadXAeAe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 1011111 1010101 1011100 1010101 1110011 0011111 1010001 1011101 1110101 1010101 10011001 1111101 1010110 1110101 1011111 1011101 1110111 1110111 11101001 1010101 1111111 1010101 1010111
- Amount of stanzas: 6
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 124
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; nor is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Spoilsport;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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