This is an analysis of the poem Epigram Engraved On The Collar Of A Dog Which I Gave To His Royal Highness that begins with:
I am his Highness' dog at Kew;
Pray tell me, sir, whose dog are you?... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010111 11111111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 69
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 2
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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