This is an analysis of the poem Your Feet that begins with:

When I cannot look at your face
I look at your feet. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXbXaXddeXdXbbcde
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11101111 11111 11011 11101 1111011 11111 10010 11111 01010 0110 010011 111101 1111 1110 11010 11111 100111 0101101 01101010 01111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 490
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; your, feet, upon are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word your is repeated.

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  • summary of Your Feet;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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