This is an analysis of the poem You Are Just A Dog that begins with:

You can not just...
Up and leave....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdeXde ccaac eeefghiefha iXXjXj egeggchcc XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,5,11,6,9,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 111 10010001 1101 01001 01101 11101101 11011101 111101101 1101001001 111 011111 1 101 011 111101 111110 111110 1111 1111011 1011111 11001011 1111001 00010001101 100101010 101 1 11101 11 11110 1111 1101110 101 1 111101 010001 00101 11100101 111111111 101101 1011 0101 111010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

    The author used the same word you 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 wanted is repeated).

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

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