This is an analysis of the poem The Dog And The Pigeon that begins with:

Here is the tale of the dog and the pigeon
A veritable testimony to the noble character of them both....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXcdaXcXbXaedeXfcXdcXXdfddXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010011010 0100010100010100001 0101110111101 00101001 010011100011 10100110010 110101010101 0101010110101 1110101 11011001 1010010110001 1011111010 1110101010 1111 111010010 111011001 1010110 010010010 1110101 110101010 110101001 1110010101 101101010 01001 00101011001 1010111010 10101011001101 0010010110010 0101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 568
  • Average number of words per stanza: 104
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; him is repeated.

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  • summary of The Dog And The Pigeon;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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