This is an analysis of Unguarded Gates by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
WIDE open and unguarded stand our gates,
Named of the four winds, North, South, East, and West;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abccdbeefcgcXXeXcgc aXadXeagcfd hbbhifecicf
- Stanza lengths: 19,11,11,
- Metre: 1101010111 1001111111 1011010101 0101010101 1101010101 0101010101 01011101001 01011101001 1011110101 0111011011 0101010001 0111010101 1001110111 1001011101 11010101001 1100010001 0101110101 10010100011 1100010101 1101010111 1101001101 1001010101 100100011 01010010111 1001110011 1100001111 1101010111 0111011111 10010100011 10110100101 1100110001 0101010111 1101010101 1011010101 1110110101 0101010101 1011010101 1100011101 0101110101 110100011 0111010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 41
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