This is an analysis of the poem Hounds Going Home In The Dark that begins with:

Rustle of feet in the roadside grass,
Trample of horses' hoofs, and - Hark! ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abaBcccX cbcBdXdXXcbcb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100111 10010111 10110111 1101001 111101001 10100100101 10101000101 10100110111 110111001 10011101 1111111011 1101001 100110111 10011111 10101111 1001111111 1100101001 0100110101 10111101 1001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 51
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; of, ' are repeated.

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  • summary of Hounds Going Home In The Dark;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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