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How many stanzas does "Dockery and Son" have, and how many lines are there in each?
Count the stanzas and then multiply.
What does the speaker do in line 8, and why does the colon at the end of the line matter?
Look at the end of stanza 1 and the first word of stanza 2.
Which stanza is the only one to end with a full stop?
The poem finishes on its last stanza.
In which stanza does the speaker list what he lacks?
It is the stanza that contains the turning point of the poem.
In a paragraph of about 150 words, explain how stanzas 1 to 3 prepare the ground for the argument of stanzas 4 to 6.
For each of stanzas 1 to 3, pick one detail and say which later idea it prepares.
Compare the part played by the locked door in lines 8 and 9 with the simile of doors in line 38.
Ask who acts in each case and whether the door is a thing or a comparison.
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