This is an analysis of the poem The Humble Bee that begins with:

Burly dozing humblebee!
Where thou art is clime for me.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXXbbXcdc bbeebbfff ccgghhhhXchh bbcciidd bbcXaaXXjjkk edekekkkllhh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,9,12,8,12,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010 1110111 1011101 1111101 1010101 11010101 11101010 1111101 11101110 1010111 1110001 101010 1000101 1010101 1000111 1001001 111111 0111011 1010100 1011011 0010101 1000101 1010101 1010100 0010001 1010101 1010100 10101000 1000101 0110101 0110101 1100101 1011101 100101010 111101010 01010011 010010001 0100101010 10111110 10100101 1111101 110011001 1011100 1011111 1000101 10101010 10111000 1011101 11010101 1011011 1110111 1011101 10100100 1010101 1010101 1111111 1011101 1011101 11111111 10101001 1111111 1111101 1110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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  • summary of The Humble Bee;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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