This is an analysis of At The Door by Eugene Field.
I thought myself indeed secure,
So fast the door, so firm the lock;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cdcX bebe Xfdf cdcX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11110101 11011101 11110101 110101001 11011001 01001101 110010101 1011001010 110100101 01000101 110010111 11010011 11100100 11010111 01000100 010100101 101100101 0110001 11010111 1011101010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
i
Anaphora
my
