This is an analysis of Footfalls by Henry Kendall.
The embers were blinking and clinking away,
The casement half open was thrown;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab cXcX dbdX bebX dfdf fdfd gege haha ijij ckck iiXiX
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
- Metre: 01001011001 010011011 111011101001 111101101 11001011111 001001001 111011011011 111001001 11001101001 01101001 111001011001 111001010 11001111001 001011001 111011011011 1111110010 011011001001 11011011 11001111001 01111001 001111101011 11111001 11101101101 11111111 11001101001 11011001 11111111011 101011001 11011011101 011011111 101101011011 111001101 101101011011 111011011 0110111010011 111101001 11011011101 111111111 101011011001 101111011 11011111111 111111111 101001101 101101001001 1110111110
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 45
Repeated words/phrases
and, to, that, you
Anaphora
the, and, by, though