Analysis of The Rose and the Bee
Clarence Michael James Stanislaus Dennis 1876 (Auburn) – 1938 (Melbourne)
'Well, what tidings today?' said the bee
To the burgeoning rose.
'You are young, yet already you see
Much of life, I suppose.'
Said the rose, 'Oh, this life is so filled
With astonishing things
That I think I could not be more thrilled
E'en if roses had wings.
Three lupins have bloomed by the pond
Since last you were here;
In the nest of the blue-wrens beyond
Three nestlings appear.
A gay butterfly slept by my side
All yesternight thro'
Till dawn, when a thrush hymned his pride.
But how goes it with you?'
'There are great things at hand,' said the bee.
'Change comes to my life.
In my hive in the woollybutt tree
Strange rumors are rife.
The old queen grows restless, I fear,
She is planning to roam;
And I must adventure this year
From the old, safe home.
'Old Black Wallaby's limping, I see,
Trap again, I suppose.
Life is full of mischance,' said the bee.
'Ah, no,' sighed the rose.
'Despite all the folly and sin
And the gala and the strife,
It's a wonderful world we live in,
It's a wonderful life.'
Scheme | ABABCDCD EFEGHFHX AIAIGJGJ ABABKIKI |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111001101 101001 111101011 111101 101111111 101001 111111111 1111011 1111101 11101 001101101 11001 01101111 111 11101111 111111 111111101 11111 0110011 11011 01111011 111011 01101011 10111 1111011 101101 11111101 11101 01101001 0010001 101001110 101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 988 |
Words | 198 |
Sentences | 16 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 192 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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