Analysis of Hope of the Ghost
Hold me tight and carry me around,
Wrap me up and lay me in the ground.
Whisper a prayer of how love can endure
Passing the void, death by worm impure.
| Scheme | AABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Balliol rhyme Quatrain |
| Metre | 111010101 111011001 1001111101 100111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 148 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on March 18, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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