This is an analysis of the poem The Black Bee Of My Mind Is Drawn In Sheer Delight that begins with:

The black bee of my mind is drawn in sheer delight
To the blue lotus flower of Mother Shyama's feet,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaXXXaXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 011011010101 0011010010101 01100010101001 1000110100010 110111111001 1011010100100 110101110001 1100001110001 1100101011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 464
  • Average number of words per stanza: 88
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 51 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, black are repeated.

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