This is an analysis of the poem The Murmur Of A Bee that begins with:

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The Murmur of a Bee... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXXX bXXXb aXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 010001 01000010 0101110 1100010 110 010101 1001110 0100010 1100010100 11 010001 1001100 0101110 10001110 11
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 94
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Murmur Of A Bee;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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