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

IF I were a bee and you were a rose,
Would you let me in when the gray wind blows? ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabba ccbbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100111001 1111010111 111110101 111100111 01001 10100111001 1110111101 1111111111 111111111 010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 42
  • Amount of lines: 10
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words would, if, i are repeated.

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

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