This is an analysis of the poem The Pine-Apple And The Bee that begins with:

The pine-apples, in triple row,
Were basking hot, and all in blow;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXccddbbeeddffbbffeegghhiijjffffdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 36,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01100101 01011101 01010101 01010111 11010101 11110001 100111001 010010101 11010111 11010001 11010101 11010101 10110111 01110011 011001010 010101010 100010001 11010101 110101110 0101110010 10011011 01010101 01110101 011101001 110101110 111101010 11010101 11010101 11011101 01011101 01110101 11111001 010111110 110111010 11111101 11010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1269
  • Average number of words per stanza: 230
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and is repeated.

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

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