This is an analysis of the poem 'What A Terrific Halloween Poem! ' that begins with:

A madness affects their sensibilities.
And within them the light of a good spirit dies....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabc Xaca cdXdcada befXeX gahi hXggf deXiXXfbf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,8,6,4,5,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001110100 101001000101 0110111010 110100001111 01011011 11101000101 101110 01011001 1110101001 110101 1100100101 101001010 11010010111 11001000101010 111 1111011 1001010110 1 111101 0111010 11 111011 101 100101011 011011010010 011011010101101 101001010010 010000101010110 110100100101 1101010 01 1110 11 010110 0110011001001 11 11111001111 1110 0111
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; days, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words thank, i'm, that's are repeated.

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

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