This is an analysis of the poem Blocked To Be Locked Out that begins with:

How easy life becomes to get,
When one has a key to a door......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABA CdX ABA CdXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11101001 11101100 01111111 1110101110 110011010010 11010101 11101001 11101100 01111111 110011110110 100010 11010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 112
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; key, one, to, door are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Blocked To Be Locked Out;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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