This is an analysis of the poem On A Honey Bee that begins with:

Thou born to sip the lake or spring,
Or quaff the waters of the stream,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeff dgdghh ijijee fefegg kckcll
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110101101 11010001 11011101 110101 01110101 01011001 01101101 01111101 01011101 101111 01011111 11010001 10111011 110111 11010101 101101 01010101 11010111 11111101 110101 11011111 110111 11011111 11011101 11111101 100101 11011111 1011111 11011101 01000101 11111001 010011 111000101 110101 11110101 11011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 39
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; here, your are repeated.

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

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