This is an analysis of the poem Locks On A Closed Door Eventually Rust that begins with:

Why turn your back on atrocities now?
Like thick and wicked pricks, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXc aXXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101001 111101 101100001011 1111111 1010100100 10101111 00101010111 11010101110000 1011011010001 11101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 197
  • Average number of words per stanza: 37
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

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