Analysis of The Lily and the Bee
Henry Lawson 1867 (Grenfell) – 1922 (Sydney)
I Looked upon the lilies
When the morning sun was low,
And the sun shone through a lily
With a softened honey glow.
A spot was in the lily
That moved incessantly,
And when I looked into the cup
I saw a morning bee.
“Consider the lilies!”
But, it occurs to me,
Does any one consider
The lily and the bee?
The lily stands for beauty,
Use, purity, and trust,
It does a four-fold duty,
As all good mortals must.
Its whiteness is to teach us,
Its faith to set us free,
Its beauty is to cheer us,
And its wealth is for the bee.
“Consider the lilies!”
But, it occurs to me,
Does any one consider
The lily and the bee?
| Scheme | abcbccxcACDC cecefcfc ACDC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101010 1010111 00111010 1010101 0110010 110100 01110101 110101 010010 110111 1101010 010001 0101110 110001 1101110 111101 1101111 111111 1101111 0111101 010010 110111 1101010 010001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 606 |
| Words | 126 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12, 8, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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