Analysis of Ghost
Vasile Serban 1978 (Onesti)
I am cold and I drive myself away
From a grave made of clay
With yellow-colored edges,
And the earth as its lid.
I am cursed to accept myself...
A ghost with eyes and bones,
I am walking weak among the graves
While crying out some words.
Like a field holds a scarecrow,
The cemetery holds me in its arms
To drive away from the sacred graves
The old women from the crosses.
The priest scolds me in distress
For wandering at night through the city
With just my linen shirt
And a candle like a thread.
I am guilty of my sad night
That weighs upon my non-existence...
I am a ghost created from the rain
That washed my grave away.
| Scheme | AAXX XXBX XXBX XXXX XXXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (45%) |
| Metre | 111011101 101111 1101010 001111 1111011 011101 111010101 110111 1011010 010011011 110110101 01101010 0111001 1100111010 111101 0010101 11101111 110111010 1101010101 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 633 |
| Words | 135 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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