This is an analysis of Dibdin's Ghost by Eugene Field.
Dear wife, last midnight, whilst I read
The tomes you so despise,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdXD efXfacXC cecebdXD ghghicXC ijijadXD fafaccXC klklfdXD cdcddcXC
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11111111 011101 01010101 110011 1101001 1110101 11110101 110101 11110111 010101 010011100 010001 111101101 111011 11010111 110101 111000011 1001111 11110001 110001 110010111 011101 000101010 110101 11010111 010101 11110111 110001 11111101 110111 110100110 110101 11011111 1101111 111100111 111101 01111101 010111 11111011 110101 11011111 111101 11010101 011101 110111101 110111 11011101 110101 11111101 111111 11110111 010101 01010001 110111 110011010 110101 11110101 1111111 111110111 1111111 11010111 1111001 111011111 110101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 64
Repeated words/phrases
to
Anaphora
she