This is an analysis of the poem Telling The Bees that begins with:

A Colonial Custom
Bathsheba came out to the sun,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abaaB cbccB dbddB
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0010010 01011001 1011101 01100101 01010001 1001 11011101 01011001 11100101 11011111 1001 01110101 11110001 01010111 11110101 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; i is repeated.

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

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  • summary of Telling The Bees;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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