This is an analysis of the poem I Have Golden Shoes that begins with:

I have golden shoes
To make me fleet. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXXcBbdXdXbcB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101 0111 11101 10111 11101 0100 11101 01101 11111 00110 11101 011010 00111 1101 11101 01101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 323
  • Average number of words per stanza: 66
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of I Have Golden Shoes;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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