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

Knock on the door, and you shall have an answer!
Open the heavy walls to set me free,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXaXbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11011111110 1001010111 110101100011 11011011111 11001101110 1011011111 010111101111 1101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 370
  • Average number of words per stanza: 73
  • Amount of lines: 8
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.

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

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