This is an analysis of the poem Beauty Of Insects that begins with:

Observe the insect race, ordain'd to keep
The lazy Sabbath of a half-year's sleep.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeedd ffggbbhhhhff eecciicciiXXcciihh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,18,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 0101110101 0101000111 0101010111 11010000101 1101011101 0101100101 0111010011 1011111101 10001111101 0111010011 11011101001 111101110101 10111100101 010101101001 10110011010 110100111010 1111011111 10111111111 1101010101 0101010101 1011001101 10100010101 1000100001001 11010101101 1101011101 1111010101 1101011101 1001010101 11011101001 0101011101 1111010101 1100110101 01010000101 1101010111 1011000101 0101010110 11110010001 0101010101 1011010111 1101010101 101011010101 10110010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 639
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, and, all, with are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Beauty Of Insects;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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