This is an analysis of the poem My Footsteps Press Where Centuries Ago that begins with:

My footsteps press where, centuries ago,
The Red Men fought and conquered; lost and won.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeefgfg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Metre: 1111110001 0111110111 1111011111 11001010111 01001001101 1111010101 1101101101 1111010101 1001011111 0111110101 1101010001 1101010001 1101010101 110101110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 627
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word we is repeated.

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