Analysis of What the Bee Is To the Floweret

Thomas Moore 1779 (Dublin) – 1852 (Bromham)



What the bee is to the floweret,
When he looks for honey-dew,
Through the leaves that close embower it,
That, my love, I'll be to you.

What the bank, with verdure glowing,
Is to waves that wander near,
Whispering kisses, while they're going,
That I'll be to you, my dear.

But they say, the bee's a rover,
Who will fly, when sweets are gone,
And, when once the kiss is over,
Faithless brooks will wander on.

Nay, if flowers will lose their looks
If sunny banks will wear away,
'Tis but right that bees and brooks
Should sip and kiss them, while they may.


Scheme AAAX BCBC DXDX EFEF
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 1011101 1111101 1011111 1111111 1011110 1111101 100101110 1111111 11101010 1111111 01101110 111101 11101111 11011101 1111101 11011111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 581
Words 112
Sentences 8
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 105
Words per stanza (avg) 26
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 29, 2023

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Thomas Moore

Thomas Moore was an Irish poet singer songwriter and entertainer now best remembered for the lyrics of The Minstrel Boy and the The Last Rose of Summer more…

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