This is an analysis of the poem And Their Feet Move that begins with:

And their feet move
rhythmically, as tender ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 100110 10101 11011 100110 010001 11001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
  • Average number of words per stanza: 14
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (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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