Analysis of Ghost
Come my ghost, play with me!
It was but last night that your lips met mine
So luscious, warm, soft, begging
Chased you before you vanished
Bereft, worried, concerned
What devil’s play concocted?
Disappearance – you lurk nearby
I know it – feel it
Come, ghost, bring back that idle youth
The dreamer, whose eyes melt
With visions of tomorrow
Inducted in the teenage art of love
So clumsy, yet driven by desire
I sense you still – behind the wall
In lurking shadow, close, so close
But then I remember the accident
Can happen, did happen
You left me – bereft me
All is forgiven
But only after I awake fully
As guilt and innocence and sweat
Bring wonder all so real
That I can almost touch you, ghost now
He cried for help
Vocal cords cut
No one could hear him
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111111 1111111111 1101110 1101110 011001 1101010 0101111 11111 11111101 010111 110101 010001111 1101101010 11110101 0101111 1110100100 110110 111011 11010 1101010110 11010001 110111 11111111 1111 1011 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 795 |
Words | 160 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 23, 3 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 297 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 76 |
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