This is an analysis of the poem The Power Of The Dog that begins with:

There is sorrow enough in the natural way
From men and women to fill our day;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbb aaccbb ddeebb ffccbb aagghhiibb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 101001001001 011100111 11111001001 111110111 1011011101 0101100101 101111001 10101101 01101101 101001101101 100100101 011110101 1011011001 11001011011 1010100101 010101101 110101101 10101110101 10101111100 00100100111 101011011001 010100110 100101111 1011110101 11001001001 1010100101 1111101101 1101000111 10011101101 101011001111 1111100111 0111011101 1101001111 1111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 34
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; or, your are repeated.

    The author used the same word when at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word tear at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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