To Close And Lock Doors For Good by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem To Close And Lock Doors For Good that begins with:

Bright lights are dimming quick.
A curtain slowly closes, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbbX ccdXcaX edffaeaXdefedda
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 0101010 0011101 1010101 10 010010 00100010 110010 1100 00100110010 011010100 1110 11001001010 10101010 1 00101101 010110010010 0101010100101 10110101 00101010010101 110110010001 1 1011 010001010 01001111 0101110 10011011010 0010100110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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