This is an analysis of the poem There Would Be A Door To Open that begins with:

I've never been here before.
To knocked on many doors, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbcccXdX ccbefg cbfgff fhh Aehgh XdfeX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,6,3,5,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101 011101 01110 010101 0110101000001 111011 100010 1010010001 11111010 101110101 1110010110100 101111010010 11 1010111 0110011111110101 11010101 111010100 1101101 1010100100 10010011011 11110011110 001000001 1101111111 1100101 00101 1110101 111010011 11111011 11011101100 1111001010 111001011100 10111101010001 111110111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 188
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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

  • summary of There Would Be A Door To Open;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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