Analysis of Ghost
I whispered softly
in the wind
can I find peace?
Can I smile?
While the crowd goes through me
all the while
they see me
and give me a look of dissappointment
as if I'm unreliable
shunned without a word of grace
Is it religion? Is it race?
I do not know if they are human
or am I?
| Scheme | A B X C A C A B X D D X X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010 001 1111 111 101111 101 111 0110111 1110100 1010111 11010111 111111110 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 267 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 13 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 17 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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