Analysis of Footprints



Some people come
into our lives
and quickly go.
They awaken us
to a new understanding,
some people stay awhile
and move our soul to dance.
and leave footprints on
our hearts and we are
never ever the same.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJ
Poetic Form Tetractys  (30%)
Etheree  (20%)
Metre 1101 01101 0101 10101 101010 110101 0110111 0111 101011 101001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 196
Words 39
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 163
Words per stanza (avg) 39
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Submitted on January 15, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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