This is an analysis of the poem Pipe And Can that begins with:

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THE Indian weed withered quite; ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a bbaC aXXC ddeC ffbC X ghggh dXddb ijiXj iXiigXeheeh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,1,5,5,5,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01001101 1111111 11011101 1111011 11010111 11100100 01011001 1111011 11011101 101110001 1101010010 1111011 01011101 11011101 11010111 1111011 1 11011001 11010101 11111111 11000111 1111 10010101 11011001 11010011 10010111 1001 11010101 11010101 01010111 111111101 11101 11010111 110001010 11011101 11011101 110101 110101010 1010010111 010101010 110111010 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, that are repeated.

    The author used the same word ale at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word tobacco at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase ale connects the lines.

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