This is an analysis of the poem The Pampered Lapdog And The Misguided Ass that begins with:

A woolly little terrier pup
Gave vent to yelps distressing,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeff ghghii jXjXaa hXXXkk kjkjaa cfcf XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,4,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010101001 1101010 10010111 1110010 11111001 11110101 11100101 1110011 11010101 1101011 01110111 11010001 110110001 0101111 01010101 11011001 11000101 01011101 11111100 1101010 01011111 0111010 11010101 11010101 11010101 1101011 01011111 1111111 11010111 11110101 11010001 1101110 11111111 0101110 11010101 11110001 01001111 0001001 01110101 0100011 10101100 0 010001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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, you, ', and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, he are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ' is repeated).

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