This is an analysis of the poem Here Is The Little Door that begins with:

Here is the little door, lift up the latch, oh lift!
We need not wander more but enter with our gift;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccXaabbbbaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101110111 111101110011 110101 11110111 10010101 01010101 1101111001 1101010111 110101111101 110101111111 11110111 01001101 10110101 110100101 1101010011 1111011 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
  • Average number of words per stanza: 65
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; his, for are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase gold connects the lines.

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  • summary of Here Is The Little Door;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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