Analysis of The Bumblebee
James Whitcomb Riley 1849 (Greenfield) – 1916 (Indianapolis)
1 You better not fool with a Bumblebee! --
2 Ef you don't think they can sting -- you'll see!
3 They're lazy to look at, an' kind o' go
4 Buzzin' an' bummin' aroun' so slow,
5 An' ac' so slouchy an' all fagged out,
6 Danglin' their legs as they drone about
7 The hollyhawks 'at they can't climb in
8 'Ithout ist a-tumble-un out ag'in!
9 Wunst I watched one climb clean 'way
10 In a jimson-blossom, I did, one day, --
11 An' I ist grabbed it -- an' nen let go --
12 An' "Ooh-ooh! Honey! I told ye so!"
13 Says The Raggedy Man; an' he ist run
14 An' pullt out the stinger, an' don't laugh none,
15 An' says: "They has be'n folks, I guess,
16 'At thought I wuz predjudust, more er less, --
17 Yit I still muntain 'at a Bumblebee
18 Wears out his welcome too quick fer me!"
Scheme | ABCCDDEEFFCCGGHHAB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011101 111111111 1101111111 111111 111111111 11111101 0111110 110101110 1111111 001101111 111111111 111101111 1010011111 1110101111 111111111 11111101 1111101 111101111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 831 |
Words | 164 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 12 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 540 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 214 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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