Analysis of Now Open The Door
The light in the window,
the candle down the hall
The torch in the jungle,
all beacons that call
The voice in the distance,
the one just next door
The whisper screams loudest
when heard from afar
The light that once beckoned,
the one that still shines
The rays once connected,
new vision sublime
To see it and hear it,
to know it once more
The key’s in the lock
—now open the door
(Villanova Pennsylvania: October, 2017)
| Scheme | XA XA XB XX XX XX XB XB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010010 010101 010010 11011 010010 01111 010110 11101 011110 01111 011010 11001 111011 11111 01001 11001 010010010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 423 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 9 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 37 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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