Analysis of Upon The Bee
John Bunyan 1628 (Elstow, Bedfordshire) – 1688 (London)
The bee goes out, and honey home doth bring,
And some who seek that honey find a sting.
Now would'st thou have the honey, and be free
From stinging, in the first place kill the bee.
This bee an emblem truly is of sin,
Whose sweet, unto a many, death hath been.
Now would'st have sweet from sin and yet not die,
Do thou it, in the first place, mortify.
| Scheme | AABB CCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 0111010111 0111110101 11111010011 1100011101 1111010111 1110010111 11111110111 111001110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 363 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 9 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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