This is an analysis of the poem Glee -- The Ghosts that begins with:

In life three ghostly friars were we,
And now three friarly ghosts we be. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbcCABA XbXXXXCABA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101001 11110110 011100101 01010111 01111111 11110001 11011101 110111 101001111001 0010111 011100101 111000111 010011111 10101111010 110111011 10101001010 11011101 110111 101001111001 0010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 402
  • Average number of words per stanza: 68
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; ghosts, three, merry are repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word sea at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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