This is an analysis of the poem Insects that begins with:

These tiny loiterers on the barley's beard,
And happy units of a numerous herd... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbcXbbddeeccffccbbaaff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 11010010101 11010001001 0100010101 10011111001 1100111111 1111010100 1001000111 1111110111 0111011101 0111110101 1111001111 11100111111 1001110111 1101001101 0101110111 0101110101 1100111101 10011100111 1111011101 0101110101 1101010101 0110010101 10110101001 1101111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1057
  • Average number of words per stanza: 187
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • 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; they, and are repeated.

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

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