Analysis of The Swinging Door
Cowardice and bravery
Not either-or
But different levels of
Valor and shame
A swinging door
Whose facings change when swung
A foil to confound
The Poets dream
With glory and disdain
Bravery and cowardice
Not zero-sum
—but often look the same
(Villanova Pennsylvania: May, 2016)
| Scheme | XAX BAX XXX XXB X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1000100 1101 1100101 1001 0101 110111 01101 0101 110001 1000100 1101 110101 0100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 269 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 9 |
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