Analysis of My dog barks incessantly through the night
my dog
barks incessantly
through the night
at ghouls and ghost
only a dog's eye can sight
for I swear
when I look
there's nothing to be seen
he barks at the wind
the trees and
all in between
he barks at me
when I come to see
what has him acting
so strangely
he barks at shadows
cast by the moon
a shadow of his tail
has him all swooned
he barks at cars noise and
strangers in the night
he barks at every little thing
that cause him fright
he barks at the neighbors cat
at the neighbors fence
he sits and dispense
of barking
until spent
breaths
lap water
then barks again
he barks a melody
that's well received
it seems
for out of the night
the howling begins
dogs and cats alike
they bark at the moon
they bark at each other
they bark at
whatever
gives them pleasure
Scheme | XABXBXXC XDC AAEA XFXX DBEB GHHEX XIX AXX BXX FIGII |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11 10100 101 1101 1001111 111 111 110111 11101 010 1001 1111 11111 11110 110 1111 1101 01111 1111 111110 10001 111100101 1111 1110101 10101 11001 110 011 1 110 1101 110100 1101 11 11101 01001 10101 11101 111110 111 10 1110 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 737 |
Words | 153 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 3, 4, 4, 4, 5, 3, 3, 3, 5 |
Lines Amount | 42 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 61 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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