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

I thought myself indeed secure,
So fast the door, so firm the lock;... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX bebe Xfdf cdcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 11011101 11110101 110101001 11011001 01001101 110010101 1011001010 110100101 01000101 110010111 11010011 11100100 11010111 01000100 010100101 101100101 0110001 11010111 1011101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 138
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; i is repeated.

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

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