This is an analysis of the poem Phantom Footsteps that begins with:
Childish foosteps, just behind her,
Softly patter on the green.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcX XCCdceccX cfcfcdcX cececdcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,9,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 1010101 11101110 1110101 101111010 1010101 10101010 100101110 101110 101010 101010 1010110 11110 101010 11010 11010 100101110 10111010 111001 10101010 1010001 10111010 0011101 11101010 100101110 10101010 1110101 01111010 1010101 100100010 1011111 11101110 100101110
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
- Average number of words per stanza: 42
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; falling, calling are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word falling is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines falling, calling are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word me at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases falling, creeping connect the lines.
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- summary of Phantom Footsteps;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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