This is an analysis of Dogs by Ellis Parker Butler.

Dogs is mighty useful beasts
They might seem bad at first…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXa
  • Stanza lengths: 5,
  • Metre: 1010101 111111 11110101 1111 11
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: cinquain
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 5

Anaphora

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