This is an analysis of the poem Hallowmas that begins with:

All hushed of glee,
The last chill bee... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXb bba Xaab bba cccdXdc eeefffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,4,3,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 0111 1100 001010 01110 110111010 010100111 0101 0101 11001 11010 01110 10100111110 11100111 0111 0101 1101 01010 11110 110101010 11110100 0101 0101 1101 01110 11010 011111010 111110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 115
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Hallowmas;
  • central theme;
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