This is an analysis of the poem His Footstep that begins with:
To Lady Wemyss
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Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X abab CdCd efef CgCg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010 010111 1111011 01001101 11111 01101000 110101 101001110 1111 1101011 1101110 1011001 011101 101001110 1101011 01101000 1111
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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