This is an analysis of the poem Wild Bees that begins with:

These children of the sun which summer brings
As pastoral minstrels in her merry train... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcacaXdaXdaeaaefagaggagahfhfhahadX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 37,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1100011101 11001000101 1101001101 1101010101 0111110101 01001110100 1101010111 11001100101 0111101101 1100011111 1011110011 1111101101 1011011101 1111001101 1101111101 1011010111 1101111101 1100111101 1100111101 0111000101 1101011101 0101111111 10010011001 0111010111 01010101010 10010101001 11010001010 1111110101 01001110111 1101100111 11011101011 1101001101 01001010111 10010000101 11001010101 1101001101 1101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1579
  • Average number of words per stanza: 283
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (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; its, and, their are repeated.

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

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

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