Telling The Bees: (for Edward Tennant) Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABCCB DDEFFE GHIJJI| Tell it to the bees lest they | A |
| Umbrage take and fly away | A |
| That the dearest boy is dead | B |
| Who went singing blithe and dear | C |
| By the golden hives last year | C |
| Curly head ah curly head | B |
| - | |
| Tell them that the summer's over | D |
| Over mignonette and clover | D |
| Oh speak low and very low | E |
| Say that he was blithe and bonny | F |
| Good as gold and sweet as honey | F |
| All too late the roses blow | E |
| - | |
| Say he will not come again | G |
| Not in any sun or rain | H |
| Heart's delight ah heart's delight | I |
| Tell them that the boy they knew | J |
| Sleeps out under rain and dew | J |
| In the night ah in the night | I |
Katharine Tynan
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