This is an analysis of the poem It's Easy To Walk In Someone Else's Shoes that begins with:

It's easy to walk in someone else's shoes.
And to feel what it takes to place their footsteps......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abcc dXX aXadXAdabd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01001011101 10110101111 0011 01011001010101 111001111 11110 101011001001010 1100100001111 11011 0101011111010 110001101110 01001011101 11 110100 1110110 111101111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 156
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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  • summary of It's Easy To Walk In Someone Else's Shoes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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