This is an analysis of the poem With A Wish For Themselves To Get that begins with:

Given the keys and pointed to doors,
That those keys would unlock......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc dXe add facfgeeee X HDebaXeI X fbcgedae XXHDI
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,9,1,8,1,8,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100111001 111101 01101010010 1000010001 010001100101 0111101 0100010 110110101 010100011001 1010111 101001011 100110010010 001101 101001101101 001011110100101 11 011101010101 111001101001 11111101 101111001010010 000101011100011 11010100101 00111010111 001110101101 10100001010011101 001010001001 10011010111001100 1110100010101001 1 1100111001001 1101010101001000110 110100111010001001 100011101111 01001111010 10010011001010 110101101 11111101 101111001010010 000101011100011 10011010111001100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, they, their, them, and, with are repeated.

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  • summary of With A Wish For Themselves To Get;
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  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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