This is an analysis of the poem Wasp that begins with:

When the honey, fruit and flowery tablecloth were whisked from the table in one sweep, it flew off with a start. Entangled in the suffocating smoke...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101011100101010010011011001010001010100100110111101010010100100100010110100100110001100110100110100110010111 1111001001010111100001101111010101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 577
  • Average number of words per stanza: 109
  • Amount of lines: 2
  • Average number of symbols per line: 288 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 55
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Wasp;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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