This is an analysis of the poem The Black Hound that begins with:

WHITE-TOOTHED is the Black Hound,
And ever, as he comes after,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbadXdXbebeXXdfgfgacgcgdfdhbhXaibi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110011 11011110 1011001 10110010 110011 11011110 1011011 10110110 110011 110110110 1110001 11110110 111011 01101100 1111101 11110110 1100110 11001010 1101101 11010110 110011 11001010 1111011 11110110 111011 11101010 1111101 111100010 111111 11011010 1100111 1101010 110011 11010010 11010110 11110110
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1165
  • Average number of words per stanza: 221
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • 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; nor is repeated.

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  • summary of The Black Hound;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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