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

Because I love the soothing weed
And am of sober type,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefgbgbXeeeebbbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,17,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 110101 11110101 011101 01110101 1100010 10110101 11110 01010001 010101 11010101 110101 111001001 010101 11100101 011101 01011111 111101 00011101 110001 11110111 110101 01110101 011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 259
  • Average number of words per stanza: 46
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; of, i are repeated.

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

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

    The poet repeated the same word pipe at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

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