song “Where the bee sucks, there suck I”

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"Where the bee sucks, there suck I" is a light, lyrical song sung by the spirit Ariel in William Shakespeare’s play *The Tempest*, celebrating freedom and airy delight.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf aria ⓘ
poem ⓘ
song ⓘ
appearsInAct Act V ⓘ
appearsInScene Act V, Scene 1 ⓘ
associatedWorkAuthor William Shakespeare ⓘ
belongsToPlayGenre romance ⓘ
tragicomedy ⓘ
countryOfOrigin England ⓘ
creator William Shakespeare ⓘ
dramaticFunction celebration of impending freedom for Ariel ⓘ
firstPerformanceCountry England ⓘ
firstPerformancePlace London ⓘ
linked to: London, England
genre dramatic song ⓘ
lyric poetry ⓘ
song ⓘ
hasCharacterAddressee Prospero ⓘ
hasCharacterSpeaker Ariel ⓘ
hasNotableAdaptation musical settings by classical composers ⓘ
hasOpeningLine Where the bee sucks, there suck I ⓘ
hasRefrain On the bat’s back I do fly ⓘ
imagery bat’s back ⓘ
bees ⓘ
cowslips ⓘ
summer merriment ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement Elizabethan and Jacobean drama ⓘ
literaryPeriod English Renaissance ⓘ
lyricist William Shakespeare ⓘ
meter predominantly iambic ⓘ
originalPublicationForm play script ⓘ
originalWorkMedium stage play ⓘ
partOfWork The Tempest ⓘ
performedByCharacter Ariel ⓘ
quotedIn editions of The Tempest ⓘ
setting a magical island ⓘ
sourceWorkAuthor William Shakespeare ⓘ
theme airiness ⓘ
delight ⓘ
freedom ⓘ
release from servitude ⓘ
usedAsTextByComposer Arthur Sullivan ⓘ
Michael Nyman ⓘ
Thomas Arne ⓘ

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Ariel → associatedWith → song “Where the bee sucks, there suck I” ⓘ
Come unto these yellow sands → relatedWork → Where the bee sucks, there suck I ⓘ
linked to: song “Where the bee sucks, there suck I”
Where the bee sucks, there suck I → hasOpeningLine → Where the bee sucks, there suck I ⓘ
linked to: song “Where the bee sucks, there suck I”