This is an analysis of the poem The Ghost Of The Past that begins with:
We two kept house, the Past and I,
The Past and I;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaabcbcb dddaeaeX ffffXfXX gggdXdXd hhXababa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110111 0111 11010101 1011001 01010110 111101 11110110 110101 11011101 1101 10110111 001101 01010101 111100 11010101 100100 01011101 1101 11010111 010100 01001111 111111 01111111 111100 11010101 0101 01010101 110111 110101100 010101 0101001100 110101 11011101 1111 101111000 010011 01011100 110111 01011100 101111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, as, it, old, less, my are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, and, the, it 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.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines i, stair, was, fade, less are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase i connects the lines.
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- summary of The Ghost Of The Past;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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