This is an analysis of the poem Patting 'Her' Foot that begins with:
Why is it people continue to do evil things.
To believe their actions, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AAaB XcdXX AAeBd ffXge Xccgg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001001001101 001110 01111010 111001001 1010011001101 01000101010101 0011001011 1010110101 01110001000101 1001001001101 001110 011110101101 111001001 0100101010111 10101110111 10101101000101 1110101111001 111011111011 01110010101 1101010 1011 100010011010101 1111001010110010 10100101010011010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 222
- Average number of words per stanza: 39
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, and are repeated.
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