Analysis of Halloween
Walt Sisikin 1953 (Santiago)
Halloween
Another Halloween, a special day indeed
It is scary, it is special, it is sweet and yet the advice meted out we don’t heed
Such is our spirit, to listen to what other people say
Is not for us to obey
On this special day, we must be renegades
Not obey and do as others delegate
We must do what we want
If we don’t, it is not special we must taunt
All of the good within us should be redirected
Our misbehavior should be on display, to be monstrously detected
Once every year our emotions we can display
They can be fear, happiness, badness, cruelty and others you may choose, such is this day
This is why we dress in costume of our choice
To impress, scare, make someone laugh and not be recognizable when we do our ploys
Trick or treat, which one would you prefer?
Scheme | ABBCCDEFGHICCJKL |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01 01001010101 1110111011101001101111 1110101101110101 1111101 1110111110 1010111010 111111 11111110111 110101111010 1001011101111010 11001100101101 111110010100101111111 111110011101 10111110110100111101 111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 778 |
Words | 149 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 609 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 149 |
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