This is an analysis of the poem A Lament For S. B. Pat Paw that begins with:

We mourn the loss of our little pet,
And sigh o'er her hapless fate,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcXc deXe bbXb dcacXacec
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101101 11100101 1101101011 1110111 010110101 010111 110011111 1111010 01010101 010101 11011101 0110101 010111001 0100101 1111111100 1100101 010110101 111101 1110110111 1100101 1010111101 1101101 111010111 110011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 132
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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