This is an analysis of the poem At The Door that begins with:
All actors look for them-the defining moments
When what a character does is what he is....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcd Xdbbed XbXdffg fgcddhd hhXdXX ijh fbfacd bjff dXXijXebh
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,7,7,6,3,6,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110110001010 11010010110 011111001 11011110111 11111010010 10010100 10101011 100110111010 11010111 100110001001 1010011100 1010001101110 1111011011011 1100111110 1010111010 100101100 1001 11111101010 11010010111 1111 10110010101 1110100101 1111001001 0111111 1111000110010 10011110110 011010111 11010011 11011100 10001 1111110 1011011 101101010 111010110010 010110010101 11101 0010110100111 111001 11001011111 111111 1100101111 0111011111 011100100101 1111011011 10111111010 1010100111110 1010101000010 011110101111 11001010101 10100110011 0100101010 010100010
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 229
- Average number of words per stanza: 44
- Amount of lines: 52
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, or are repeated.
The author used the same word or at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of At The Door;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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