This is an analysis of the poem The Lily And The Bee that begins with:

I Looked upon the lilies
When the morning sun was low,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbccXdADED cfcfgdgdXADED
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1101010 1010111 10111010 0010101 0110010 110100 11110001 110101 010010 100101 1101010 010101 0101110 110011 0101110 110101 0100011 010111 0100011 1010101 010010 100101 1101010 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 203
  • Average number of words per stanza: 41
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, its are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Lily And The Bee;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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