This is an analysis of the poem The Playhouse Key that begins with:
This is the key to the playhouse
In the woods by the pebbly shore, ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcb XdXdXacbc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 00010011 00110101 01011100 110101 11000111 110101 011110101 110101 110001011 111111 10110101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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- idea of the verse;
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