This is an analysis of the poem Apparition that begins with:

Thin-legged, thin-chested, slight unspeakably,
Neat-footed and weak-fingered: in his face -... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXXaaXbcXbcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11011011000 1101110001 1111011101 11110100101 01110001000 1101010101 01001110111 01011001100 1001010101 11110010100 01110101100 01010010101 1100010101 1100010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 604
  • Average number of words per stanza: 101
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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