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

Care is all stuff:--
Puff! Puff!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aAaAaaAbXbAaaaA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 1011 11 01001 11 11011 11001 11 111111 111011 111011 11 1111 11011 11001 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 302
  • Average number of words per stanza: 59
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 19 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; puff is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Pipe Song;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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