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

Trochee trips from long to short;
From long to long in solemn sort ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccXX ddaaeecXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101 01010101 111111110 10011010100 1010101 001101011001 11001011111 10001000101 1111011011000 1010011011110 01001001011 101001011011 1011010110010 0110011110010 11101111101 001011101001 1111 11101101110011 10111111111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 456
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 47 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; long, to, with, and, his are repeated.

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