This is an analysis of Opening Doors by Ben Jonson.

He smashed his hand
in opening a door for her,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXXXXXXa
  • Stanza lengths: 10,
  • Metre: 1101 01000110 1111 0100111 0101 1001001000 1101 1111101 01100 111001110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 10

Repeated words/phrases

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