This is an analysis of the poem Could I—then—shut The Door that begins with:
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Could I—then—shut the door—... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X XXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,3,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 111101 11010111 010000
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 42
- Average number of words per stanza: 9
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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