This is an analysis of the poem Locked Doors that begins with:
For the angels who inhabit this town,
although their shape constantly changes,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXcdXeaaafg cdhfcddXXehgdb cXbhXf
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,14,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101001 111110010 111111010 1010110100 1001010101 10111101 1101011 011 0101011 001010 10010111 101111 11 1101001111 0110111010 01111100 001 11010101 0001 11010100011 010011110 11100101 111010 111 11111 0101 11111001 11100111 10101 111101011 1110110 11101111 1111010
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 322
- Average number of words per stanza: 63
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; i is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words it, they are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
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- summary of Locked Doors;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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