This is an analysis of the poem Jack that begins with:
YOU'RE only a dumb little dog, Jack,
About ten or twelve pounds or so,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababaXcacabXabadaXdaeaeX afafaXeae
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110011011 01111111 1111010011 01110111 11111111 1 1111101 111011111 10110101 1111111 111101101 1 1111011011 01110101 011111111 1100101 1010011011 1 101101111 010110111 011101001 1110110111 01011111 1 1110010111 011011011 1110110111 111001001 111111011 1 001001101 1010111111 111111001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 580
- Average number of words per stanza: 110
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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 word and is repeated.
The author used the same word you're at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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