This is an analysis of the poem Her Voice that begins with:

THE wild bee reels from bough to bough
With his furry coat and his gauzy wing.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababbaa cdcedcc fgfggff fdfedff dhdhhddXahahhaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01110101 0010110101 10010111 10010101 00100 110101111 1111 11111011 111011101 1110110101 0101110100 1111 111111011 1101 11010101 11100101 100101001 10010011 1111 00101001001 10111 11010111 110111111 010110111 1110100100 1100 1111100101 1101 11010101 10110101 11010101 11010101 1101 01010011 1111 11010101 10110111 11010111 11110111 1111 11110111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 328
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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

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  • summary of Her Voice;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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