Analysis of The locked door.

A J C 1958 (Swansea, MA)



The lock door.

You give me a key to open the door. But it won't open, and I don't know the reason why. I guess that's up to you to decide. Whether I should run or hide. I can take a peek in. But I don't see your grin. Your smile is like a cool summer breeze. But I can see a cold, wintery freeze. Your eyes hide the shadows of things from a long time ago, and it scares me so. You have to leave the past in the past and open the door and let me in, and then you'll find me waiting and sitting on the floor. Then you can explain the reason why I can see the handwriting on the wall. That explains it all.


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Poetic Form
Metre 011 1110111001111100111010111111111101111111101011111111110110111110111111011110110101111111101001010010110011111001010111101010111101010110111
Characters 604
Words 131
Sentences 13
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 1, 1
Lines Amount 2
Letters per line (avg) 227
Words per line (avg) 65
Letters per stanza (avg) 227
Words per stanza (avg) 65

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This is about leaving in the past in the past.

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Written on January 03, 2024

Submitted by alanswansea18 on January 03, 2024

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