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, England
surface form: London
genre dramatic song
lyric poetry
song
hasCharacterAddressee Prospero
hasCharacterSpeaker Ariel
hasNotableAdaptation musical settings by classical composers
hasOpeningLine song “Where the bee sucks, there suck I” self-link
surface form: 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”
song “Come unto these yellow sands” relatedWork song “Where the bee sucks, there suck I”
subject surface form: Come unto these yellow sands
this entity surface form: Where the bee sucks, there suck I
song “Where the bee sucks, there suck I” hasOpeningLine song “Where the bee sucks, there suck I” self-link
subject surface form: Where the bee sucks, there suck I
this entity surface form: Where the bee sucks, there suck I