Analysis of Burlesque Sonnet. To A Bee.
Thomas Gent 1780
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 |
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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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