This is an analysis of the poem Halloween that begins with:
The butcher knife goes in, first, at the top
And carves out the round stemmed lid,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaXbbacdceXXXdcbeXbX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101101101 1110111 0101010101 0010101011 0111001 010101011101 0110101 01011100011 011101 1001101 11110 10010101 111000110 10011100 0111101 100111111 0111101010 10100101 1010001110 01001010010 01000111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 770
- Average number of words per stanza: 139
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- 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 Halloween;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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