This is an analysis of the poem Abandoned Dog that begins with:

They dumped it on the lonely road,
Then like a streak they sped; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabb cdcdee fdfdaa bgbghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 110111 11010111 111011 11111101 110101 11110111 011001 10010111 110111 11110101 010111 11010101 0111010 11000101 1101110 11110101 010111 01110101 110011 11111111 101101 11110101 001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 268
  • Average number of words per stanza: 50
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; it is repeated.

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