Analysis of The Closed Door
Duncan Campbell Scott 1862 (Ottawa) – 1947
_The dew falls and the stars fall,
The sun falls in the west,
But never more
Through the closed door,
Shall the one that I loved best
Return to me:
A salt tear is the sea,
All earth's air is a sigh,
But they never can mourn for me
With my heart's cry,
For the one that I loved best
Who caressed me with her eyes,
And every morning came to me,
With the beauty of sunrise,
Who was health and wealth and all,
Who never shall answer my call,
While the sun falls in the west,
The dew falls and the stars fall._
| Scheme | ABCCBDDEDEBFDFAABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110011 011001 1101 1011 1011111 0111 011101 111101 11101111 1111 1011111 1011101 010010111 101011 1110101 11011011 1011001 0110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 496 |
| Words | 107 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 18 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 386 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 104 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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