This is an analysis of the poem La Pipe (The Pipe) that begins with:

Je suis la pipe d'un auteur;
On voit, à contempler ma mine...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXX XXaX bcX Xdb E ffXf GHfX iXj XkX X e blXl kaka maa mdd i e bddbXkka icjiXc l E eanf GHla imj mnn Xf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,1,4,4,3,3,1,1,4,4,3,3,1,1,8,6,1,1,4,4,3,3,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111110 1110011 10001010 111011110 11011010 1111110 1111101 10100100 10111111 1011011 11001111 111111010 1111110 0101101 01 11010110 111110 0110110 11100110 11010010 111010 11101010 10010010 111101 001011 110011001 11110100 110111 010001 010110100 0101 111101011 11010101 111101010 010010001 10010101 11010111 01010101 01010001 11010011 100001010 110101010 11010101 01010001 11010001 0101110 0101 010111 1101101 01101001 11111101 101001100 1110101 11100101 1010001 10111001 00101011 11011001 11010011 0101011 1101001 010110110 01 111101 0010010110 11010011 111000110 11010010 111010 101001001 01010001 101111001 001011 11011001 11101001 110111 010001 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 87
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 81
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word a is repeated.

    The author used the same words i, a at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines pipe is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of La Pipe (The Pipe);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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