Analysis of Bolt That Door!
William Arthur Dunkerley 1852 (Manchester) – 1941 (Worthing)
Each sin has its door of entrance.
Keep--that--door--closed!
Bolt it tight!
Just outside, the wild beast crouches
In the night.
Pin the bolt with a prayer,
God will fix it there.
| Scheme | ABCACDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111110 1111 111 1110111 001 101101 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 172 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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