This is an analysis of the poem Two Songs that begins with:

A BEE that was searching for sweets one day
Through the gate of a rose garden happened to stray....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaabbcccdXeecaaffbbcgbgbadXdhfhfXfifafafiaia
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0111101111 101001101001 0010011101 1010010101 1100101101 111101101 1011111 0101100101 101001001001 1011110111 1010110101 1110100101 110111101 1010111 0101110101 001101101011 1110010101 0010011101 01011001001 111101101 1010111 1011010 1001 10110010 1011 100101 1011 001100 0101 101101 1011 1100101 1101 100101 1001 110101 1101 111101 1111 100101 1011 101101 1011 011100 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1398
  • Average number of words per stanza: 277
  • Amount of lines: 45
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less 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; of, and, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word plead is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Two Songs;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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