This is an analysis of the poem The Pup that begins with:
He tore the curtains yesterday,
And scratched the paper on the wall;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaXabcbc dedeXcXC ececfcfC
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 11010101 11011101 11110001 11010111 01010101 11111001 11010101 01010101 01110111 11010111 11010111 11110100 11111111 11010001 11010101 11111101 10110001 11111101 11010101 11111101 11010101 11010111 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 284
- Average number of words per stanza: 53
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, and are repeated.
The poet repeated the same word pup at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of The Pup;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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