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

Upon that night, when fairies light
On Cassilis Downans dance, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXcXca bdbdbebea aeXXceXXa fXfXafafa XXXXghdha XeaeaXaba XibiiXiXa jfjXhahaa XkXklalia XeeXXXXXA bfbXXeXea aXaXXXfea cXbXaXaea bXbeaaaXa XXdeaeaea XXeXXXXXX mbmbmhmha bXXXcjbjX nknkmXXfa aeaeXXhXa XXeeXcbXX XcXcXgXXa bebXmemXa cXXXeXeea cXcXcfXfA jeXeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01111101 1100101 11010101 110101 111001010 010111 11010111 010111 0111 01010101 111101 11110101 110101 11010101 010001 01111111 111101 1111 01011101 111111 11011101 111111 0111111 1101110 11011111 1101110 1111 11111101 1111011 11111111 110101110 11001101 1101011 11111101 0111011 1111 11110111 1111110 01011101 1111110 110101110 1100110 11001001 111110 0111 01011101 011101 11111101 100101 11010111 1101010 10110111 1100011 1111 011001101 1111010 1111101 1111010 1101111 1110010 11101101 111101 1111 1101111 111101 10011001 110010 110101111 1111011 11110101 11110011 0111 11010111 111110 11011101 0001010 111111001 1011010 11011111 1101110 0011 11011001 1110110 01011101 1101110 11110101 1101011 11010101 110011 0111 11011011 011101 110010111 111110 11010101 100111 11010101 1001111 1111 11111111 1111110 11010101 1111110 11010110 1101011 11001101 1101110 01011 1100011 1011111 11010101 11110100 11011101 0111110 11001111 0111010 1111 1101101 1111110 11011101 1101110 11111101 1111010 1100111001 1111100 1101 11100100 111110 11010101 110101 01010111 111101 11010111 111101 0111 1011111 0101011 0111111 1101000 11111101 1111011 110011110 1111010 11010 11110101 1111010 11111101 1011110 01101101 1101011 11111101 1111111 1111 11011001 1111010 01110101 1101010 110011111 101111 10100011 1101111 11010 11011101 0101010 11010101 11110110 11001101 110111 11010101 1101010 1111 11010101 0101010 11111101 0101010 1111011 11101 1111010 111011 1011 11100111 0111110 11010101 1111010 11010101 1111010 01110111 0101110 1101 1101111 1101110 1111101 1100110 01010101 1111010 11110111 1111110 1111 11101101 1111111 0100111001 1101110 1101111 1111010 11011101 11010110 101011 0101011 1101010 11111001 1101010 11011101 1101110 11111101 0101110 1111 10101011 110101 101010101 1000101 101000101 11001010 101010101 0101010 0111 01010101 010101 011111001 111101 11011101 1101110 11011001 1101110 10111 01010111 010111 1100111010 010101 11011111 1110010 01110111 1101010 0111 11011101 1111010 11011101 1101110 11011101 1111010 11010111 1101100 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 28
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 289
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 252
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; and, she, in, him, he, to, whyles, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words where, and, or, i, she, they, whyles are repeated.

    The author used the same words then, the, he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word night at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase in connects the lines.

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