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

So they bought you
And kept you in a...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbXXcbadcXddbdXaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111 11100 1001 1010 1010 011 01001 11011 111011 1101 110010 111111 1111011 0110100110 101111111 1001 0110111 0111010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 385
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, ran are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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