This is an analysis of the poem A Night Of Horrors that begins with:

Burning blush eternal !
It was in my youthful days, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a ba bc bc b d ed ef cf cc cc c g Xg XX hX eX i gi dc hc h c jb jbb j k ak alll a dd hhd X haa hll hkk h bbmm hnneXnnhhnn mmhhll X nnllnnhh Xnngg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,2,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,3,1,1,2,4,1,2,3,1,3,3,3,1,4,11,6,1,8,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 101010 0101101 111001010 1111001 11101010 0011101 0011110 01100101 01001110 0011111 11010010 110101 1001010 100101 1001010 0011111 1101010 100101 00101010 110111 1101110 1101111 0101110 111111 10111010 010101 1111100101 111111101 1111001 11111110 11100101 111011110 0010101 1101010 1101101 0111110 1111111 11111110 110101 11011101 00100101 1111100101 11111101 0100101 11100101 110101 111011101 0111101 11110101 01011101 11011111 10100101 11001111 111010101 1110100 1100100101 0100101 1111100101 1011111 110111001 11010101 111101 11010101 11010111 111111 11111111 11111101 110101 01000101 11111101 101101001 01010101 0110101 11011101 1100100101 11011001 01110110 1010101 01011001 11000101 10111111 11110111 01010101 11111101 11001101 1111101 01100101 00111101 11111101 101100 00111111 11110101 01111101 00110101 01011111 11111101 11111100 01010001 11111101 11111101 11111111 111110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 43
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 80
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 105
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; with, in, and, i, my, me, his are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words till, with, i, and, but are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of A Night Of Horrors;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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