This is an analysis of the poem Footsteps In The Street that begins with:

Oh, will the footsteps never be done?
The insolent feet... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abba cddc effe gbbg hiihXbeeb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100111001 01001 1001 010100101 010110101 11111 111011 1110111101 11101001001 1111 10011 111100101 11101011 0111 1011 010111011 1101111101 1111 001001 111011101101 1110101101 0101 11111 11100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 122
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Footsteps In The Street;
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