The Bumblebee Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEEFGCCHHIIABYou better not fool with a Bumblebee | A |
Ef you don't think they can sting you'll see | B |
They're lazy to look at an' kind o' go | C |
Buzzin' an' bummin' aroun' so slow | C |
An' ac' so slouchy an' all fagged out | D |
Danglin' their legs as they drone about | D |
The hollyhawks 'at they can't climb in | E |
'Ithout ist a tumble un out ag'in | E |
Wunst I watched one climb clean 'way | F |
In a jimson blossom I did one day | G |
An' I ist grabbed it an' nen let go | C |
An' Ooh ooh Honey I told ye so | C |
Says The Raggedy Man an' he ist run | H |
An' pullt out the stinger an' don't laugh none | H |
An' says They has be'n folks I guess | I |
'At thought I wuz predjudust more er less | I |
Yit I still muntain 'at a Bumblebee | A |
Wears out his welcome too quick fer me | B |
James Whitcomb Riley
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