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

This is the son of the white morning singing,
Combing her silken hair's simmer of gold,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXcdcadaXaeae XdXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00010011010 1001011001 100100100100 1001011001 101001001110 1011001011 010011010010 1101001101 10111011010 1001011111 010110011010 1101001101 11110010010 0011101001 10011110110 1001111001 1110011010010 111001001111 111010111010 11001001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 462
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, they are repeated.

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

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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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