This is an analysis of the poem The Bagman's Dog, : Mr. Peters's Story that begins with:

Stant littore Puppies!-- Virgil.
It was a litter, a litter of five, ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbbccc ddeeffeaaXghhh iiijjjggggkkkllXf llllllllmmkkkkkknmmmmmm llleeeXXii ggXgggXoollmmXgXoooXlgggX fmXmXdmXd glgllpXpp cmfXgggXgggfffddXXiigg qqXXXXXXXhffffrflllllXllllddXhhX kkXkkkkfffroooppjjjjrXXmgggrrfXqqXXXeXfgghh llllsmsmhhrrlllXssgX Xfmfdd X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,14,17,23,10,25,9,9,22,32,43,20,6,2,25,27,32,15,17,30,11,36,23,13,28,16,13,14,18,51,30,1,3,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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01111101111 101101001001 101001001011 1101010101 010010101110 11001111111 11011001010 11010111100 11001110101 100100111101 1100110101 010101010111 11110011101 1111110101 1101100111 1111100111 1011111111 11011101010 10110101011 11111001010 0111011101010 1111111 1111111 111110110 1111111 11101001001 101011001001 001111110101 111101111011 11111101101 001011011011 111010101011 0010110111010 1110111010110 110110010010 01001 11111 011001001110 11001 011101 101010010001 101011001011 001101001101 1110110110100 01011111100100 110010 110110 111 110 101011 11101111001 010010011010 011010011110 0101110100110 010110110110 110110110110 011110011010 001001001001 001011001011 101011 111011 111011001101 11011001011 001011111011 11011011010 111101011101 001001101011 001101001001 1010110111111 111101111001 111001011011 1101111100110 1110011010110 011110010010 1010011010110 11001 111001 101011101000 11001001011 101101 11011 11101101001 11101001001 111101011111 010110010111 1100110111001010 101011 101001 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11011111101 01101 01001 101001101011 1010110110010 110110111000 010111011010 110010 110010 110111010010 01101011011 11101011101 110010 110110 1111011111011 010010 010010 001001001111 011011101001 111011110010 101101001011 10011101101 001011001001 101011011101 010111011100 0100010100100 10101111110101 1101011101010 10101111110101 11001 101101 101111001001 01001 101011 1010110111101 111010010110 110011110010 11001001001 101011011101 1101 1010101 101011011101 11101111110 11011111011 101111111111 101011011001 1011110110010 101011110011 010010111010 011011 111101 100101100110101 11110110110 111111011010 11111101 100011111 00100101001 01001101001 1100101000 101111111 10101001001 011111010110 1110010111000 1010111010 0110111101 01011000111 10110110111 111101101001 101001011011 111111111101 1011100100110 01101 101001 1001001001 11101111101 11101111101 10111101101 0101011001 11000101010 001101001100 10101 01001 001101101011 11111101110 10110101110100 10111111 111111011010 11 110 1001100 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101001101111 11111111001 101011011001 101101011011 10111101101 11101001101 1111111101 11100111101 111100000101 1010111111 10111 11111 01111011001 11001111001 0111101101 01111101011 01111101001 0101 11011 111101101 011101011011 01001111011 011101001010 01001011001 001001111011 111101111111 0101110101 011001011001 001011001101 001001101001 1111110010110 1010100010110 101111 111001 101111101011 1001101101101 1010010011101 01110001001 111011 001001 011010010101 1011111010110 1110010110110 101101100001 101001001101 1101101100010 1011010010100 101111 10111 101001011101 111101111110 111101001101 11011101101 101111 01111 11101001011 10110 110110 1110011111010 11001011111 01111001111 0100110100110 1101010110100 111 111101 001001011111 11001011101 101101101101 01101101101 11001001011 11100 111100 011011101001 101001101011 1111 111001 001001101111 101011011001 1110111001 111 001 101101 010010110110 011010 111101 1111010011010 01011011101 11101111001 01011011110 110011010010 11111001010 111111011111 1010111010110 111111 1101 01001011101 111111111101 10010011111001 111010 110010 1111010111010 1011111111010 1100110010110 11111001101 01101001101 111101011101 111010110110 110111010010 110110 11110 11001011001 111111111111 111010110010 010011010010 101100 101011 11011011011001 100110110101 111111110110 111111010110 101101 11011 11001111011 10100010011110 110011110011 1110100111110 11011 100110 110011100010 0100010010110 1111111 1111010 01101101101 101101101101 11101011011 111100111101 111110 110010 101001 111011 01011011001 1010101110011 0100011100111 110011 001011 011010011010 1011111011010 110110011000 1011 01001 111011011001 01101001011 101101001001 11101 01101 001001011111 111001001001 001100011101 111011001100 11111 110001 01111111101 111111001111 101001001101 001111110010 010111011010 1010110110110 0010110010010 1010111111110 111001011011 111101111001 1000100110100 011101 101001 01101110100100 101111111001 001011011101 111001 101011 11011011011 010010110100 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  • Amount of stanzas: 36
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 778
  • Average number of words per stanza: 142
  • Amount of lines: 658
  • 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; and, on, his, bagman, but, st, sea, of, now, we'll, go, up, down, roun', her, ', i, or, as, it, one, old, to, she, help'd, him, had, he, over are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, and, of, how, by, she, or, the are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines ', it, to, off, on are repeated).

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