This is an analysis of the poem Bee-Master that begins with:

I have known honey from the Syrian hills
Stored in cool jars; the wild acacia there...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abXbXcXcdeecdc fb ghghhhiaiia bfbfiXijijfi klkaladdlXdccXiXicchheeiimnnmooXhgaXahc iXciiipipXiX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,2,11,12,39,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 11110001001 1011010101 1011010101 1001010101 0101010010 0111010001 1101010101 11010010101 010111 01001100111 1100000101 1001010001 11010101 101101010001 1000110100 0101010111 0111010111 1101010001 1111111101 1001010101 1101010011 01111111001 1001010101 1011010101 1011010001 11010101001 1001010001 0101000101 0101110101 01010000101 11010101001 1011010101 01001101011 1011100101 10010101110 1101010111 11010101010 11010110100 1101010101 1111010101 10110111110 1101110101 10111100010 110010101010 10010101010 1101001001 0011111101 10010101010 0111110101 10101010101 1011111100 1101011101 1101011101 10010100101 1001010111 1111010101 01011101 1011110001 100101 010001 1010011111 1111111111 101000101011 1111111101 1111010011 1011010101 10010010101 111101 1101010101 1011001101 1011010111 0001010101 1001010101 0101001101 10010101010 1101110101 1101110101001 1111110101 0100110001 10001100 01010011001 1001001101 1101110011 1100110001 1111000101 01010101 1111010001 0101010100 1111010001 1101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 625
  • Average number of words per stanza: 108
  • Amount of lines: 90
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and, over, your, you are repeated.

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

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

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Victoria Sackville-West