This is an analysis of the poem Davis Matlock that begins with:

Suppose it is nothing but the hive:
That there are drones and workers...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXXXbcadbXaXXceeXXd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010010101 1111110 1111011010 0100111110110 1011010010101010 01101001101 10001111010 110101001 0010101001 011010101 101001010 1101001 111101001 11101011011 1110101101 10010111101 001010 011011101 1101011010 1100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 805
  • Average number of words per stanza: 151
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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