Analysis of My Dog and I
Norah M. Holland 1876 (Collingwood, Ontario) – 1925 (Toronto)
My dog and I, the hills we know
Where the first faint wild roses blow,
We know the shadowy paths and cool
That wind across the woodland dim,
And where the water beetles swim
Upon the surface of the pool.
My dog and I, our feet brush through
Full oft the fragrant morning dew,
Or when the summer sun is high
We linger where the river flows,
Chattering and chuckling as it goes,
Two happy tramps, my dog and I.
Or, when the winter snows are deep,
Into some fire-lit nook we creep
And, while the north wind howls outside,
See castles in the dancing blaze,
Or, dozing, dream of summer days
And woodland stretches, wild and wide.
My dog and I are friends till death,
And when the chill, dark angel's breath
Shall call him from me, still I know
Forever friends, my dog and I.
Scheme | AABCCB DDEFFE GGHIIH JJA E |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010111 10111101 110100101 1101011 01010101 01010101 110110111 11010101 11010111 11010101 100010111 11011101 11010111 011101111 01011111 11000101 11011101 0110101 11011111 0101111 11111111 01011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 767 |
Words | 149 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6, 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 22 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 119 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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