This is an analysis of the poem Hawkers that begins with:

Dust, dust, dust and a dog –
Oh! The sheep-dog won’t be last.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXabaXaba
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111101 1011101 10111100111 001100101 0111000111 10100111 011110101 10101011 10101001011 1010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 391
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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