This is an analysis of Spirits Of The Dead by Edgar Allan Poe.

Thy soul shall find itself alone
'Mid dark thoughts of the grey tomb-stone;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXX babacc aaaaddee ffgg ccaahh
  • Stanza lengths: 4,6,8,4,6,
  • Metre: 11110101 11100111 11010101 001100100 01001101 10110011 01000111 01011101 01011110 11010101 011111 1011111 011100010 011101010 1111011 0110011 10101010 11101110 11111110 11101010 0110111 11111001 01010101 1010101 1001001010 00101010 1010101 01000100
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 28

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