This is an analysis of the poem The Quest that begins with:
First I asked the honeybee,
Busy in the balmy bowers;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcabXXd X ebeebXXe X cfccfgXc X CdXCdggc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,1,8,1,8,1,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101 10001010 1010101 1110101 10100010 1010001 0011111 1011100 1 1110101 100101110 1010111 1110101 10101010 1011111 1010001 1011101 1 1110101 10101010 10101111 1111101 10101010 1010101 1111100 1011101 1 1011101 10111110 1111000 1011101 10001110 1110111 1001001 0010101
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; she is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase she connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Quest;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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