This is an analysis of the poem The Jack-O'-Lantern that begins with:
Last night it was Hallowe'en.
Darkest night I've ever seen.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcbcbbXbXbddefcfXffXfXffbgbgggaaaabbbbbbeegbgbhhdfdf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 54,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101101 1011101 1011111 1010100 1110101 10100100 1111110 1010011 1010111 0011101 1110110 1111101 1101101 1111101 1110101 1010101 1111101 1110101 11101010 0010101 1011111 1011111 1111111 1110101 1010101 1111111 10000111 1111101 1011110 1010101 1010101 0011101 1011111 1111101 1110001 10011100 1111111 0111101 0111111 1010111 1111001 1010101 1010111 1000101 1110101 1110111 1111111 1111011 1111101 1011111 1111101 1111111 0110111 1111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1682
- Average number of words per stanza: 336
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, and, ran, they, he are repeated.
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