Poem – The Bee by Emily Dickinson
August 7th, 2009
His labor is a chant,
His idleness a tune;
Oh, for the bee’s experience
Of clovers and of noon!
Emily Dickinson – Poems XV
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August 8th, 2009 at 11:32 am
Dear Lisa!
It is so good that you are posting again so much.
Although it is not Dickinson, just a Nursery Rhyme about a bee, you might like it in a comment.
It goes like:
There was a bee
Sat on a Wall
It said: BUZZ, BUZZ
And that was all.
It is very interesting that the English bees make sound predominantly with the letter “Z”. The Hungarian ones prefer saying: ZÜMM, ZÜMM, in which the letter “M” is more significant. Anyway, it would be interesting to see how animals speak in different languages. It is an issue like you have about the ACHOO- saying.
Your fan,
Tinker
August 8th, 2009 at 10:35 pm
Hi Tinker Jack!
Nice rhyme! I think I just added it to my nursery rhyme site the other day at…
http://www.mamalisa.com/?t=hes&p=2311&l=T
I noticed at the same time that there’s a similar song…
There was a bee-i-ee-i-ee
Sat on a wall-i-all-i-all,
And he went buzz-i-uzz-i-uzz
And that was all-i-all-i-all.
There was a pup-i-up-i-up
Sat on a bee-i-ee-i-ee,
Someone went i-yi-yi-yi-yi
And that was he-i-ee-i-ee.
Are you familiar with it? I’d love to learn the tune that goes with it.
Re. the sounds bees make… that’s very interesting about what Hungarian bees say. It makes me wonder if people actually hear sounds a little differently based on the language they grow up hearing.
I should do a post on animal sounds. Meanwhile, if anyone else would like to tell us what sounds bees make in their country, that would be interesting!
Best regards,
Mama Lisa
April 28th, 2011 at 4:23 pm
it was great
April 28th, 2011 at 4:25 pm
dear lisa
i was wondering of a wonderful rhyme for my friends please
help me for you will be thank youed