This is an analysis of the poem The Dog that begins with:
THE key, which opes the chest of hoarded gold.
Unlocks the heart that favours would withhold....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbaaccaadd eeffffggbb hhiijj aaiijj gXhhkkcc lljjhhkkeeeeaakkeeffaaffggaadd iiXiaakkii aaiiddeeddffffaaaaiijjaahh jjaammaajj aannjjaaaacciiggeedd aaddaaee jjccffaabbddiidd aaoojjeejjiiaaeegg hhkkddjj aann ccii aahhaagg jjaaoohhjjbfaaiiaa fblliiiiXdaX aa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,6,6,8,30,10,26,10,20,8,16,18,8,4,4,8,18,12,8,10,20,28,8,4,4,16,6,10,4,8,4,6,6,6,22,8,10,10,6,9,1,1,1,5,1,2,1,1,1,1,1,2,1,3,4,8,6,32,22,4,2,6,17,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
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- Amount of stanzas: 65
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 372
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 569
- Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; he, to, for, you, and, be, i, her, not, would, or, thou, my, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, for, to, if are repeated.
The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Dog;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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