This is an analysis of The Closed Door by Duncan Campbell Scott.

_The dew falls and the stars fall,
The sun falls in the west,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbccbdddddbedeaabA
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 0111011 011001 1101 1011 1011111 0101 011001 111001 11101111 0111 1011111 1011001 110010101 0010011 1111111 11011011 1011001 0111011
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

and

Anaphora

the, who