This is an analysis of the poem To William Shelley. Thy Little Footsteps On The Sands that begins with:

Thy little footsteps on the sands
Of a remote and lonely shore;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11011101 00011101 010001101 11010111 11010111 11010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 208
  • Average number of words per stanza: 40
  • Amount of lines: 6
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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