This is an analysis of the poem On The Death Of A Favourite Old Spaniel that begins with:
And they have drown'd thee then at last! poor Phillis!
The burthen of old age was heavy on thee.... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbbcdXefgdaXchXedbXXbXfeeihghXehddib
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 37,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11111111110 01001111011 1111111111 1111110101 0101111111 0101010011 1111110111 0101111111 1101010101 1101111100 1111011110 1001001101 11111010101 01001111111 01110011101 10010101011 10111010001 0101110101 1101011101 0101010100 11011101000 0111011101 1011111101 11001110001 11010111001 1101011001 1111011111 1101111101 1011010100 1111101101 1111110011 0100010001 01001100101 1111110101 1011011101 1001000101 0111001101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1596
- Average number of words per stanza: 290
- Amount of lines: 37
- 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:
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.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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