This is an analysis of the poem A Baby Running Barefoot that begins with:

When the bare feet of the baby beat across the grass
The little white feet nod like white flowers in the wind, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbaXbc dbdccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011001010101 0101111110001 11111101001010 10101110101 0101010110 1111101100010110 1010101001001 1110100101001 1011110010010 11111111 001011011 111001 111011110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 305
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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