This is an analysis of the poem Those Iron Gates Of Prison that begins with:

Destroy those iron gates of prison,
demolisth the blood-stained stony altars...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdeabfdcfegXhXabbibXgcbXaaXbhh Xi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 32,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101010 1000111010 01100 11010 111010101010 1010010 1010100101 001 101000100010 1010101 100 110001010 111111001 10001 1010 11001001 1101011 11010 011010101 111001 1111 11 011 101001010 1111001111 11 1110010 0110010 1101 1110 10110 101010010 0101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 447
  • Average number of words per stanza: 76
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, ha, them are repeated.

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