The Humble Bee Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABCCDDEFEF GGEEHHIII JJKKLMNOOOOO DHOOPPEE QQOORRBBCCST EEEUEUTTVVOO| Burly dozing humblebee | A |
| Where thou art is clime for me | B |
| Let them sail for Porto Rique | C |
| Far off heats through seas to seek | C |
| I will follow thee alone | D |
| Thou animated torrid zone | D |
| Zig zag steerer desert cheerer | E |
| Let me chase thy waving lines | F |
| Keep me nearer me thy hearer | E |
| Singing over shrubs and vines | F |
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| Insect lover of the sun | G |
| Joy of thy dominion | G |
| Sailor of the atmosphere | E |
| Swimmer through the waves of air | E |
| Voyager of light and noon | H |
| Epicurean of June | H |
| Wait I prithee till I come | I |
| Within ear shot of thy hum | I |
| All without is martyrdom | I |
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| When the south wind in May days | J |
| With a net of shining haze | J |
| Silvers the horizon wall | K |
| And with softness touching all | K |
| Tints the human countenance | L |
| With a color of romance | M |
| And infusing subtle heats | N |
| Turns the sod to violets | O |
| Thou in sunny solitudes | O |
| Rover of the underwoods | O |
| The green silence dost displace | O |
| With thy mellow breezy bass | O |
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| Hot midsummer's petted crone | D |
| Sweet to me thy drowsy tune | H |
| Telling of countless sunny hours | O |
| Long days and solid banks of flowers | O |
| Of gulfs of sweetness without bound | P |
| In Indian wildernesses found | P |
| Of Syrian peace immortal leisure | E |
| Firmest cheer and bird like pleasure | E |
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| Aught unsavory or unclean | Q |
| Hath my insect never seen | Q |
| But violets and bilberry bells | O |
| Maple sap and daffodels | O |
| Grass with green flag half mast high | R |
| Succory to match the sky | R |
| Columbine with horn of honey | B |
| Scented fern and agrimony | B |
| Clover catch fly adders tongue | C |
| And brier roses dwelt among | C |
| All beside was unknown waste | S |
| All was picture as he passed | T |
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| Wiser far than human seer | E |
| Yellow breeched philosopher | E |
| Seeing only what is fair | E |
| Sipping only what is sweet | U |
| Thou dost mock at fate and care | E |
| Leave the chaff and take the wheat | U |
| When the fierce north western blast | T |
| Cools sea and land so far and fast | T |
| Thou already slumberest deep | V |
| Woe and want thou canst out sleep | V |
| Want and woe which torture us | O |
| Thy sleep makes ridiculous | O |
Ralph Waldo Emerson
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