The Bee's Song Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABCDEDFGHGIJKJ ELMNOPQP RHSHTUVUWXEX YZA2ZB2C2D2E2F2G2YG2 H2BI2B| Do not tie my wings | A |
| Says the honey bee | B |
| Do not bind my wings | A |
| Leave them glad and free | B |
| If I fly abroad | C |
| If I keep afar | D |
| Humming all the day | E |
| Where wild blossoms are | D |
| 'Tis to bring you sweets | F |
| Rich as summer joy | G |
| Clear as gold and glass | H |
| The divinest toy | G |
| That the god's have left | I |
| Is the pretty hive | J |
| Where a maiden reigns | K |
| And the busy thrive | J |
| - | |
| If you bar my way | E |
| Your delight is gone | L |
| No more honey gems | M |
| From the heather borne | N |
| No more tiny thefts | O |
| From your neighbor's rose | P |
| Who were glad to guess | Q |
| Where its sweetness goes | P |
| - | |
| Let the man of arts | R |
| Ply his plane and glass | H |
| Let the vapors rise | S |
| Let the liquor pass | H |
| Let the dusky slave | T |
| Till the southern fields | U |
| Not the task of both | V |
| Such a treasure yields | U |
| Honey Pan ordained | W |
| Food for gods and men | X |
| Only in my way | E |
| Shall you store again | X |
| - | |
| Leave me to my will | Y |
| While the bright days glow | Z |
| While the sleepy flowers | A2 |
| Quicken as I go | Z |
| When the pretty ones | B2 |
| Look to me no more | C2 |
| Dead beneath your feet | D2 |
| Crushed and dabbled o'er | E2 |
| In my narrow cell | F2 |
| I will fold my wing | G2 |
| Sink in dark and chill | Y |
| A forgotten thing | G2 |
| - | |
| Can you read the song | H2 |
| Of the suppliant bee | B |
| 'Tis a poet's soul | I2 |
| Asking liberty | B |
Julia Ward Howe
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