This is an analysis of the poem The Phantom Horsewoman. that begins with:

Queer are the ways of a man I know:
He comes and stands... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbbbbaa cdedeXecc ffgfgfgff higigXghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110100111 1111 001001 11101 100101 01001 1111 1101 1111111101 111111101 11101 0111 11101 11101 1110 1111 10101 010001100 0010001111 1101 11101 1101 00111 10101 00111 11011 11100100101 011101111 11010 11001 111110 0011 1110110 0101 11111 1111001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 228
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (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; and, he, of, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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