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


Scheme AXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXBABAXXX XXX
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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Submitted by arthurweil on November 22, 2021

Modified on March 05, 2023

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