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

One dot
Grainily shifting we at roadside and...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacdbe fgfahij bkbeleb lgaahic ajjmmid mfaacjl XXjcghh ikfggmb kelnlnX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11 1001011111 010110010111 00111011101 011101011 0101111011101 110011111 1111 010111001 0101110111 11010011101 111111010111 111011101001 10010101011110 11 101001111110 011001111100 1101101101 1011011001 010101110010 10111010111 1110 1111101111 01011111001 0110010111110 100110101 111111111 111111100100 01 110101011010 001010011011010 011001010011 10001101011 01101101 010011101111 00011 010110111110 10001001111 11101001111 001110101011 10111001110 1011101110 11011 100100100110 010100011110 1011010011111 1100011100101 10101110111 10110100111 001 110111111110 1111101111111 11010111001 11111111111 01111111101 01110101011 010 01101010 11111011 1101101111 1010111011001001 01010011001101 111110101011110
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 308
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (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; you, my, i, to, and, they, can, of are repeated.

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

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase nothing connects the lines.

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

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