Analysis of Melodies
Harriet Monroe 1860 (Chicago) – 1936 (Arequipa)
The patter of a baby's feet
Upon the floor,
His babble at the door—
Ah, these are sounds too sweet, too sweet!
Blue sky, save me from tears!
Soft summer wind, stop up mine ears!
The patter of a baby's feet,
His chatter—oh, too tender sweet !
| Scheme | AbbacdAa |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010101 0101 110101 11111111 111111 11011111 01010101 11011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 246 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 180 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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