This is an analysis of the poem Nightmare that begins with:
As though a thousand vampires, from the day
Fleeing unseen, oppressed that nightly deep,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abba cddc deed
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1101010001 1001011101 0100110101 1101110111 0101010101 1101010111 010010100111 0101110001 0101010101 1111111111 1101010101 0101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 175
- Average number of words per stanza: 29
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Nightmare;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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