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

Do not tie my wings,
Says the honey-bee;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdbdebebfgag bhaheaea eeaegaXachbh ijajadfXikik kbiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,8,12,12,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111 10101 11111 10111 01101 01101 10101 11101 10111 11101 11111 01001 10111 00101 10101 10101 01111 10101 11101 00101 11101 01101 10101 10101 10101 10111 10101 10101 10101 10101 10101 10101 10101 11111 10011 11101 11010 10111 101010 10111 10101 10111 10111 111010 01101 10111 10111 00101 11101 00101 10101 10100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 226
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; let is repeated.

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

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