This is an analysis of the poem The Bees And Flies that begins with:

A Farmer of the Augustan Age
Perused in Virgil's golden page... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbcX ddeeff ggXehhX hhcchh iihhXejjkkXj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,7,6,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 010001001 01010101 01000101 01011001 10111101 10010101 11010101 11010100 001010101 01110001 01010001 01011101 11010101 11010101 11010101 010100001 10100110 01010101 10110101 01010101 110101100 01011111 01010101 011111110 110111010 11010111 11010101 11010101 01010011 01010111 11011101 10010110 11010101 01110001 10100101 11010101 01011101 11110111 01010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 267
  • Average number of words per stanza: 48
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (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; of is repeated.

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