This is an analysis of The Bumblebee by James Whitcomb Riley.

1 You better not fool with a Bumblebee! --
2 Ef you don't think they can sting -- you'll see!…

Read full poem

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabbccdXXabXddeeXX
  • Stanza lengths: 18,
  • Metre: 1110110010 1111111111 11100111111 1101101011 11111011101 1101111101 1010011110 11010101110 11111111 10010101011 1111101111 111011011110 11010011111 11110101111 1111011111 11111100101 1111101010 11101011110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 18

Repeated words/phrases

i, an'