This is an analysis of the poem Where The Bee Sucks (from The Tempest) that begins with:

WHERE the bee sucks, there suck I:
In a cowslip's bell I lie; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaaXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011111 0010111 1111111 1011111 1010100 1001001111 1001011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 232
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (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; i, are repeated.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase merrily connects the lines.

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