Analysis of Haunted
Robert Graves 1895 (Wimbledon) – 1985 (Deià)
Gulp down your wine, old friends of mine,
Roar through the darkness, stamp and sing
And lay ghost hands on everything,
But leave the noonday's warm sunshine
To living lads for mirth and wine.
I met you suddenly down the street,
Strangers assume your phantom faces,
You grin at me from daylight places,
Dead, long dead, I'm ashamed to greet
Dead men down the morning street.
Scheme | ABBAA CDDCC |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 11111111 11010101 0111110 110111 11011101 111100101 100111010 11111110 11110111 1110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 372 |
Words | 68 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 15, 2023
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