This is an analysis of Upon The Bee by John Bunyan.

The bee goes out, and honey home doth bring,
And some who seek that honey find a sting.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb c ccbX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,1,4,
  • Metre: 0111110111 1111110101 1111010101 0100011101 0100 0111010001 1110010110 1111011111 1100011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 9

Repeated words/phrases

and, honey