This is an analysis of the poem A Flower Of The Fields that begins with:

Bee-Bitten in the orchard hung
The peach; or, fallen in the weeds,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababa cdcdc ebebe fgfgf chchc bgbgb Xcici ibibi jgjgj klXlk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11000101 01110001 11011111 01110001 11110101 01011101 01000111 01010101 11011111 11011101 11010101 11010100 110101001 11010101 110010101 01110101 0100110001 10010101 1001001101 01110101 110011001 01010101 10011101 11010101 11010111 11010111 11111111 11011111 01111101 01111101 110101000 11110101 11011111 11110111 11011101 11011111 11010111 11111101 11010101 01010101 11110101 11010111 11010111 11010111 10010011 11110110 11010101 11010111 11110001 11111110
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 181
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 50
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; with, my, and, i are repeated.

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

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

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