This is an analysis of the poem Christy And The Pipers that begins with:

'Twas a score of years since I'd heard the pipes,
But the other night I heard them; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme:
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  • Amount of stanzas: 25
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 152
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 100
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, my, in, got, i, she, it are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, it, they, i are repeated.

    The poet repeated the same words ', them at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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