The Lockless Door
Robert Frost 1874 (San Francisco) – 1963 (Boston)
It went many years,
But at last came a knock,
And I thought of the door
With no lock to lock.
I blew out the light,
I tip-toed the floor,
And raised both hands
In prayer to the door.
But the knock came again
My window was wide;
I climbed on the sill
And descended outside.
Back over the sill
I bade a "Come in"
To whoever the knock
At the door may have been.
So at a knock
I emptied my cage
To hide in the world
And alter with age.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | XABA XBXB XCDC DEAE AFXF |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 420 |
Words | 94 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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