Analysis of A Ghost

Treasia M Black 1963 (MORRILTON)



Why isn’t a ghost black
If its deeds were dirty and it died from that
And have no spirit, soul or body left intact
To give it life to predict or forecast
Then how does it appear to the eyes as white
And demands that the whole world stand still
In its presence and fear it

If it cannot be felt, touched
Hugged or loved
Then why would God
Release it to haunt and scare
The ones that tried to
Save it when it once lived among all of us
 Wasn’t it once safe and free to approach
So it could be seen as it really was
A human being that doesn’t have
A reason to die and become a ghost
For everyone to notice them.


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Poetic Form
Metre 11011 11101001111 011101110101 111110111 11110110111 001101111 0110011 1110111 111 1111 0111101 01111 11111101111 111101101 1111111101 01010111 0101100101 1101101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 614
Words 127
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 7, 11
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 238
Words per stanza (avg) 63

About this poem

The thoughts of a person that have been isolated and rejected from the public and become an unknown subject make everyone wonder who and what this character could be and what could it possibly want. They will find time to acknowledge its presence.

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Written on October 31, 2023

Submitted by treasia_b on October 31, 2023

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