This is an analysis of the poem Halloween Approaches that begins with:
Have you reached the peak,
Of your level of competence? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcXd XXef feaXaX bdXbca
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11101 01100100 11110101 110011 101001 1 1111 101010 1101 1110101 11101 0010101 11100101 0110100111 101010111 1111110100 010010 1110101 1101010100 01101 001011
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 147
- Average number of words per stanza: 26
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.
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- summary of Halloween Approaches;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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