This is an analysis of the poem Dawgs Of War that begins with:
Comes the British bulldog first—solid as a log—
He’s so ugly in repose that he’s a handsome dog;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXCCcb D bbeeCCcb D XcfXCCcb D gghhCCcc D iibbjjj D ddjjCCcc D ggccCcccb D kkff DX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,8,1,8,1,8,1,7,1,8,1,9,1,4,2,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011110101 1110001110101 101010010001 101010110100 1011101 1111011 0010101 1000111 10101 1010100111101 1111101110101 1110101110101 101001110111001 1011101 1111011 1011101 1111111 10101 11101011010 111110110101 111010101101 101011110101 1011101 1111011 1010101 1110111 10101 111010110111 111111110111 111010110101 1001110100111 1011101 1111011 1010101 1011101 10101 11100100111001 111110111101 111010110101 101110100111 1111011 10100101 1011101 10101 001010010111 101110111001 101000110101 101110110101 1011101 1111011 1010101 1010101 10101 1010101011111 111010110111 101110110001 1010101010111 1011101 1111111 1010101 1010101 1111111 10101 101010110101 1011111110101 1011101110111 110111101010111 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 351
- Average number of words per stanza: 68
- Amount of lines: 91
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; as, and, dog, or, s, his, country are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word is repeated.
The author used the same words comes, next, see at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines , foes are repeated).
The poet repeated the same word while at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.
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