This is an analysis of the poem Footprints that begins with:
I consider life a road
Upon which the masses travel...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbXcdXefXefXaXXdXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 21,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010101 01101010 0101010 1101 0010111010010 1001101011 1111101110 1010010001101 101001111010 110100111010101 11100101 1001110101000 100100111000 10001000101 01011111 11111001010 1001001 11111110101 1111110111 0111111 111011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 797
- Average number of words per stanza: 149
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Footprints;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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