This is an analysis of Tom's Little Dog by Walter de la Mare.

Tom told his dog called Tim to beg,
And up at once he sat,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaXbXb XcXc
  • Stanza lengths: 7,4,
  • Metre: 11011101 111111 01110111 01010101010101 0111111 11011101 100111 111111001 111111 01010101 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 11

Repeated words/phrases

his

Anaphora

his