This is an analysis of the poem The River Of Bees that begins with:

In a dream I returned to the river of bees
Five orange trees by the bridge and...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbXd a a aXe cXXXX cXf Xc f Xd dXeee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,1,1,3,5,3,2,1,2,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001101001001 11011011 011111 0011101110 011110 01110 1000010 111101100001 1111 01100100 1101101111 10010101 110101010 10101 10001 01100111 1111 00110111 101111 101100001 11111011 10100110101001 11110111001 101011010 110100010 10101101001 11011001 1001
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 79
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; once, to are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines eyes, survive are repeated).

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

  • summary of The River Of Bees;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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