Anapestic Dimeter Poetry

Anapestic dimeter poems use two anapestic feet per line, giving each line a quick, galloping beat. This meter suits playful, whimsical, or humorous themes, often appearing in children’s verse or light poetry. Its compact length and bouncy rhythm make it memorable, adding energy and momentum to the poem’s sound and pacing.

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The Lockless Door

by Robert Frost

‘The Lockless Door’ is a short narrative poem that details an attempt to hide from inevitable change as both futile and hindersome.

Throughout this poem, Frost largely adheres to a metrical structure of anapestic dimeter. Much like the rhyme scheme, this creates a sense of lilting knocking throughout the poem: patient, yet persistent. This reflects the unknown entity which awaits the speaker on the other side of their door.

It went many years,

But at last came a knock,

And I thought of the door

With no lock to lock.

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The Lockless Door

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