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

Here is the place; right over the hill
Runs the path I took; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dbXb efef egeg hihi ihih dede hehe abab dfdf jXjX adad jdjX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 100111001 10111 1110100111 1010100101 100100111 10101 1011110101 1011100101 1101001001 11101 001101101100 101101111 011110101 1011 1011110111 1011100101 11011101001 10111 1001010001 101110101 111100101 01111 111011111 1110111111 11100111 0101 110101111 10101110111 1110110101 01101 010110101 0100101001 10110101 01101 0111001101 10110101 010100101 1011 1100100111 101100101 1001100101 10101 11111100101 110101111 11101110101 10101 10011101 01101001100 10110110111 001001 011110111 100110110 1011110101 01111 1011101111 1010011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 14
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 151
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 56
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, same, my are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word there at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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