This is an analysis of the poem Pepy Is Not Dead that begins with:

If Peepy had lived,' the mother sighed,
' He'd be of age to-day.' ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a X a ba ca C b db da ca C e fe fa ca C ba b aa ca C a ca ca caXC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,1,2,2,2,1,2,1,2,2,1,1,2,2,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0101100101 1100101 110111101 0111101 111111011 10101 11111011 1101001 1111111001 100111 110111001 1011001 11110101 110101 101010110101 1101001 11010101 1100101 010100101 1110111 1100010101 0010101 110111011 101001 1010101101 100111 111111101 100101 1100110101 0101111 10110011101 101001 010100101 1010101 000101101 1011111 11101011 101111 0001110101 1101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 26
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 50
  • Average number of words per stanza: 10
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; ', his are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word dead 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 so connects the lines.

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