Analysis of Burlesque Sonnet. To A Bee.



Sweet Insect! that on two small wings doth fly,
And, flying, carry on those wings yourself;
Methinks I see you, looking from your eye,
As tho' you thought the world a wicked elf.
Offspring of summer! brimstone is thy foe;
And when it kills ye, soon you lose your breath:
They rob your honey; but don't let you go,
Thou harmless victim of ambitious death!
How sweet is honey! coming from the Bee;
Sweeter than sugar, in the lump or not:
And, as we get this honey all from thee,
Child of the hive! thou shalt not be forgot.
So when I catch, I'll take thee home with me,
And thou shall be my friend, oh! Bee! Bee! Bee!


Scheme ABABCDCDEFEFEE
Poetic Form
Metre 111111111 0101011101 111110111 1111010101 111010111 0111111111 1111011111 1101010101 1111010101 1011000111 0111110111 1101111101 1111111111 0111111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 602
Words 119
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 464
Words per stanza (avg) 119
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Thomas Gent

Thomas Gent (1693, Ireland – 1778, York) was a printer and writer, born in Ireland. more…

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