Two Children
Spike Milligan 1918 (Ahmednagar, India) – 2002 (Rye, United Kingdom)
Two children (small), one Four, one Five,
Once saw a bee go in a hive,
They'd never seen a bee before!
So waited there to see some more.
And sure enough along they came
A dozen bees (and all the same!)
Within the hive they buzzed about;
Then, one by one, they all flew out.
Said Four: 'Those bees are silly things,
But how I wish I had their wings!
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Submitted by RobertHaigh on June 10, 2020
Modified on April 26, 2023
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| Scheme | AABBCCDDEE |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 339 |
| Words | 71 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
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