This is an analysis of The Dog by Ivan Bunin.

Dream on! Your golden eyes turn narrower
And duller as you watch the snowflakes clinging…

Browse poems by Ivan Bunin

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaX XaXa bXbacc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,6,
  • Metre: 1111011100 11011101110 01011101010 1001110110 1111111101 11111111010 0101011101 11010101110 0100110001 0111010110 1001011101 11111101010 1101010011 01001101101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 14

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