This is an analysis of Some One by Walter de la Mare.

Some one came knocking
At my wee, small door;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababXcacddcdadad
  • Stanza lengths: 16,
  • Metre: 11110 11111 11110 0111 110110 110111 1111010 00111 1001010 110001 100010 0111 1001010 10101 11111110 111111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

sure, i, at, all

Anaphora

i