This is an analysis of the poem The Dog that begins with:

Us two in the room; my dog and me…. Outside a fearful storm is howling.
The dog sits in front of me, and looks me straight in the face....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b b Xc cXX a X b d d Xd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,2,3,1,1,1,1,1,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 110011111110101010 01101011111001 11110001 11010111010110011 11110101111011 11011101010100110101 101101100011110101 011111011001 11100100111 101 111011101110101 11111111111010 11010101110011010 101010011001011101 0110010
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 78
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; me, in, and, he, same, there, understand are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word he is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines face, another are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words face, another at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of The Dog;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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