This is an analysis of the poem The Shepherd's Dog that begins with:
I.
A Shepherd's Dog there was; and he... full text
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- Rhyme scheme: aabcbddee XafcffXff Xagcgbbaa Xafcfddff aaecehhaa aaeceXgaa XabcbgXXf Xafcfffii Xajcjeeff Xaacajjjj aahchggff Xakckffll Xajcjffgg Xaacaeeaa XadadmmgX Xafcfffgg Xaacaddaa Xadadhhff Xancnggff Xfhfhjjac
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 01011111 11000100 11110100 01011101 11000101 010101001 1101011111 101101100101 1 01110111 10011101 11010100 01011101 10110101 110101100 11001110111 010101110101 1 11010111 01010101 11110100 110100101 11110101 1101100 1111010111 101101110111 1 01010011 010110111 11110100 10111111 11010111 11010111 1101010101 010101110101 1 101010110 10010111 11010100 11010111 11011101 11010111 1101110101 010101010111 1 11010111 01110101 11010100 11000101 110111010 10110101 1011110101 010101110101 1 11110111 11000111 10010100 01011101 11010101 10111101 1101011110 010101110101 1 11110101 11110101 10010100 11010001 10010101 11110101 111011111110 0101110111110 1 11110101 111101001 11010100 11000111 110100111 10010101 1001010101 010101100111 1 110010111 011101001 10010100 11111101 11011111 10110111 1011110101 0101010111101 1 11001111 10011101 01110100 01110111 11110001 01010101 1100011101 010111110101 1 11110111 110000111 11000100 01010101 11011101 11011111 1101010111 101101110101 1 011101001 010100111 10110100 10010101 110100101 01110101 1011010101 110111110101 1 01110111 11110101 11010100 01110101 110011110 11011111 1111110111 100111010111 1 10011101 11010101 11001101 11110011 11111111 11010101 1011110101 1101010111011 1 01010111 101010101 11010100 11110101 11010111 11110101 0111000101 010111011101 1 11010111 11011101 01011100 01010101 01010101 11000101 1111110101 111101111101 1 11111111 01010101 11010101 11010101 01011101 110010101 1101010111 010111110101 1 11110101 10010101 01011100 100010101 10010111 01010001 11010110101 111101110111 1 01011111 11010101 01011101 11011101 11010111 11010111 11110100111 010101110100
- Amount of stanzas: 20
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 315
- Average number of words per stanza: 57
- Amount of lines: 180
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, now, no are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words when, now, and, the are repeated.
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