This is an analysis of the poem Tribute To The Memory Of The Same Dog that begins with:

LIE here, without a record of thy worth,
Beneath a covering of the common earth!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffbbeebbaaggXdeehhgggiijjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 1101001011 01010000101 0010010001 1101111111 1110111101 1001010111 1101110111 1111110001 0111110101 0101010001 1111111101 1100111111 1111110111 0111000100 0111110101 11110100001 1101110011 1111000101 1101010101 11010100101 0111011101 1111011111 1101010110 1111011111 11110110001 1101010101 1111010111 11011011101 0101010001 0101001011 1100111011 11110100111 01011101001 1011011101 1101010101 11111011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1597
  • Average number of words per stanza: 301
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; of, to, thee are repeated.

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

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