This is an analysis of the poem The Fate Of An Innocent Dog that begins with:

When Tiger left his native yard,
He did not many ills regard, ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXcb aadaaed ffgddcg hheiiee jjkggck iiajjea jjgllcg ffleeelXiiljjel
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 10110101 011101 01110101 10110101 01010111 010101 11011111 01011101 111101 11110111 01010101 01010101 010101 11110101 100010101 111101 01110101 11110101 111100111 1111001 01011111 11010101 111101 01011111 01010101 11011101 110111 10110101 01010011 010101 01010101 11110101 11010111 110101 01010101 11010101 110101 11011101 01010101 11110101 111101 10010101 11010101 0101011 11010101 11111101 11011111 110111 11010101 11010001 111101 01010101 11010111 11010101 110101 01010101 11010101 111101 11110111 11010101 01010101 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 43
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, who, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, a, but, who, raised, by, without are repeated.

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word home at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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