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

The dog trots freely in the street
and sees reality...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AbCdCbccaCdacceAcdAccfghhiajfjbkikillmddfamkahAnafllbaiXnlXicebebaacXnfcXglXXfgfcXkl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 84,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110001 110100 10111 110101 10111 100100 1011 111 01110101 10111 110101 1111 101 10010110 110101 01110001 10111 110101 01110001 110110 1101 101010 11011 11011110 11110 11011111 01001010110 111010101 101010 11011 111101011010100 11110 111001 1010110 1110101001 111110100100 10010 1001 00111101 001001101 1110111010 01101 101010 100101010 1010 01 01110001 11011101 10101 100101 10110110101 01010101 011000100 0110 001101 10110100 011 10 10101 0101 1101 01001 010100 1001 010100 11010 11010 001111 1100 101010101 01010 11001 1001 0101 110 1010100 000 1101 0100010 0010101 1111 101011 1010010 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2859
  • Average number of words per stanza: 366
  • Amount of lines: 84
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them, himself, everything, it are repeated).

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

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