This is an analysis of Church—door Should Still Stand Open by Alfred Austin.
Church-doors should still stand open, night and day,
Open to all who come for praise or prayer,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaacaccX
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111110111 1001111111 1001011101 100011100101 1011111101 010101000101 1101010101 110010110101 1101011100 1001110001 1101010101 1001001111 1101111111 11111011010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
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