This is an analysis of the poem The Choir At Pixley that begins with:
The choir we had in Pixley wasn't much for looks an' styles,
But today if I could hear it I would walk a hundred miles; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaabbaa ccXXddbb eefgbbbb ggffhhbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,8,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 010110101011111 1010111011101010 110100011111101 01000101010111 11110101111111 111010101111101 11110101010001 101010101010101 101110001010101 101010101010101 1111100101011001 110000101110101 111011001011111 111010100010101 111010101111111 11101011110111 111010101010101 011010101110101 1110101011101010 111011101011111 11111101010111 101011111110101 1110101101111101 1010101011111100 01010101010111 01010101010101 010101010101010 010101010101110 111010101110101 111101011011001 11111101000110 1010101111011101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 490
- Average number of words per stanza: 95
- Amount of lines: 32
- Average number of symbols per line: 60 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, no, warn't, an', she, i, mind, for, it's, in, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words jus', an', it's are repeated.
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- summary of The Choir At Pixley;
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- idea of the verse;
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