This is an analysis of the poem To Dr. Priestly, On His Going To America that begins with:
Had I the key that ope's the golden doors,
That hide the Heavenly Muse from earthly gaze,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabb cacadd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11011100101 11010010101 1101111010 1111000101 1111110101 010101010101 11010101001 01010101010 11010110001 11011101010 0101111111 110101111101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, so are repeated.
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