This is an analysis of the poem Nightmare Number Three that begins with:
We had expected everything but revolt
And I kind of wonder myself when they started thinking--... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdefgXgahideahjkklXamkje jhhfjkhnkkhefnmXalfoamhmnhXhfcjgfAifbhkcdXhenAkmddnko
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 26,53,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11010101101 11101011111010 11011011 11101 111101011010 10111110100111 1010100101001 10101110111 00110111101001 1111100101011 111010110101 101100001010 110110101001 10101101 011001 01010101001 011100101111 10100001 11101 1101011111011 0100101101001 010010111101 0101101001011 11110001011 101100111111 1110101100101 111010010100 111101101101 010110111101 010101101001 110110101001 1101111111001 10110101 10101 0101101011010 1001010101 11110010010101 010110101001 101010101001 1111111101101 111111100101 10101101 10111 11010110111100 1111001110011 1110001 11110011101 1010110111110 11001101 0110111101101 10101100101101 001010100101 100111110100 101011111010010 1111111 11111 110101111111 11111110101101 110011110101 1101111001011 111110001010 11111001 111110110111 1110110101101 011101101101 111011011101 01110100101 11111110111 11111001011 1111111 1010001 1101111001011 1111100011111 1000100111110 01111011101 110110100111 01010111001 10111110 10011110101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1874
- Average number of words per stanza: 369
- Amount of lines: 79
- Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 9
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, they, and, i, to, ll, we, t are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, they are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Nightmare Number Three;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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