This is an analysis of the poem Hallowe'En that begins with:

All Hallows Eve - when ghosts do walk the earth:
All Hallows Eve - O light and fireside mirth!...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabB bbcc ddbX eeffXaabB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101111101 11011111011 11011010101 101010111010 11111010001 1100110010101 1011001011001 110011110101 10111000101 00110010000101 10011010101 10100100111 11011011101 01101011011 00101011100101 110110111101 1101111111 11011010101 11011010111 101010111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 200
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words all, with are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase come connects the lines.

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  • summary of Hallowe'En;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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