This is an analysis of the poem Footsteps that begins with:
On an ebony bed decorated
with coral eagles, sound asleep lies...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XabXX XXXbacaaXXccaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,14,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110011010 010101011 1011010110 10001001 100101001 100101011100 0101001000 1101010 01011110 110111010010 111010010 0101001001 101110001 110010100010 10001001 11011001010 1101110010 111011101000 11010100110010
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 359
- Average number of words per stanza: 62
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Footsteps;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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