This is an analysis of Velvet Shoes by Elinor Morton Wylie.

Let us walk in the white snow
In a soundless space;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababb cdcdd ebebfXfafaa
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,11,
  • Metre: 1110011 00101 0111011 10101 101011 111101 1101 11111 1100 101001 1111011 00101 1110111 01101 011011 1110101 01011 100111 111001 111001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

white, upon

Anaphora

upon