This is an analysis of The Dogs by Arthur Symons.
My desires are upon me like dogs, I beat them back,
Yet they yelp upon my track;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaBB cccccccC ddeeffggbbaa hhcccCBB
- Stanza lengths: 4,8,12,8,
- Metre: 10101011111101 1110111 1111111111111 1110111 11110110111 0101011 0100101101001 00100101 010111101111 100101 11110100111 011001 111101111010 1001010 100101101010 10101010 10010001001 0110111 100101101001 00101101 11101100101 11101111 011011111111 1111111 11111111101111 11111001 111101011011 1110101 110111111111 011001 1111111111111 1110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
my, of, she, and, has
Anaphora
and
