This is an analysis of the poem Closet Doors that begins with:
Why are those people cheering,
The burning of those doors? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabca dbceba afe cXbfedX cXacbcab ddaX cXa XcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,3,7,8,4,3,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111010 010011 000100011 11010101 0111111 111010 1101 11111011 101 11010010 0111111 1111101 1011 1100011 101 1010010010 111001101 111001 101011101 101 101000100011000 1110 101011 1010100111 011000100111 11100010 1011011 10110010 001001 1000100001 0010100 011101 0111011 11110100 111101 001001010101 10101 111101010 0101100111010
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 39
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, that are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word what is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase what connects the lines.
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- summary of Closet Doors;
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