This is an analysis of the poem The Open Door that begins with:

O Mystery of life,
That, after all our strife,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXb ddeffe ffghhg hhXbbc eehbbh iijccj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110001 110111 0101 111111 010100 01011 110101 100101 1111 1011101 1101110 0111 100111 01010001 0101 101111 110101 1101 110101 111101 1011 111101 111111 1111 110111 111101 1011 100101 111001 1101 100101 111101 1111 110101 010111 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 145
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (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.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Open Door;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Alfred Noyes