This is an analysis of the poem T'Was The Night Prior To The Real Nightmare that begins with:

Failed concepts...
Are diminishing by the minute....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABBC DdeXefXe ffggf hhfXf i befbeX fXXahbiX ABBC ABBbjj ABBkcXDbddfdfdkggd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,8,5,5,1,6,8,4,6,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 101001001 111100 10111001 1011000111 100110010111 10010101000111 11001 11101011 1101101011 110101 010010 10110001111 1101101001010 11010101001 101110 1111110110 110010 1110010 10110001 1101101 0101 10110 1101 0011101 11001 100 11011111 1111100100 11110001 101110 01010010010101 10 001010 110 111010 0011110111 110 101001001 111100 10111001 110 101001001 111100 11100110 10110111 1101 110 101001001 111100 11101 1110101 1011000111 1001100101 11101 011011 11001 0111010101 1011 1110101 110101 01010 0101 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 173
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    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; his, as are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.

    The author used the same word failed at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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  • summary of T'Was The Night Prior To The Real Nightmare;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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