This is an analysis of the poem The Door I Open To Close that begins with:
The door I open to close behind me,
Would be less routine......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDCe AefXXa aecfXXeXa ABCDC XebceXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,9,5,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0111001011 10101 011 10010001 01111101 0001011100 0111001011 101001010 101111 1010011 110110 11011 01 111011101 10101 1101101011 1101110011 1110011 1111011110 011 111101011 0111001011 10101 011 10010001 01111101 01111 11101110 11111001010 0111 100111 1110101 1111111100
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 196
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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; to, me are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Door I Open To Close;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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