This is an analysis of the poem For You that begins with:
THE PEACE of great doors be for you.
Wait at the knobs, at the panel oblongs....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXb abc abX abX aXX abX acX aaX aba aXb aabXabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,7,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01011011 1101101010 110110 010110011 101001110 101101001 01011011 101101110 1001001010 010110011 1001100011 01101001010 01011011 1101010110 1110011 010110011 011011010 1111101101 01011011 1001001 10010111 0101101011 1110010111 01110111111 010110011 101010001 10110100101 01011011 1111110011 1011100111 01011011 1001111001 00111001011 1010110011 101011001 1000111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1460
- Average number of words per stanza: 274
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; of, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words wait, the are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of For You;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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