This is an analysis of the poem Gates and Doors that begins with:
There was a gentle hostler
(And blessed be his name!)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbXdBdedfdgfXgfagcgaeBehdadichcaeaeajXjhgcgXhih
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 49,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010 11001 1101010 011101 1101110 110111 11011101 010101 1101110 110101 11010101 111101 1001111 111101 11010100 1 010101 11010010 1001001 1111010 110001 1111010 101111 11011101 110101 0101010 111111 1111110 110001 1011010 101101 1001010 010101 1101010 111101 01010010 010111 0111010 011101 11010101 110101 1011010 111101 1011110 010001 0101110 110100 1110010 010001
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1320
- Average number of words per stanza: 249
- Amount of lines: 49
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words he, what, his are repeated.
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