This is an analysis of the poem Opening Doors that begins with:

He smashed his hand
in opening a door for her,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101 01000110 1111 0100111 0101 1001001000 1101 1111101 01100 111001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he is repeated.

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  • summary of Opening Doors;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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