How do you know what the subject of a poem is?

Question

and to be more specific,

the subject of this poem

Two Children

Two children (small), one Four, one Five,

Once saw a bee go in a hive,

They'd never seen a bee before!

So waited there to see some more.

And sure enough along they came

A dozen bees (and all the same!)

Within the hive they buzzed about;

Then, one by one, they all flew out.

Said Four: 'Those bees are silly things,

But how I wish I had their wings!'

Spike Milligan

thanks =]

Answer 1

I think that it's about the children's curiosity as related to the unknown

Answer 2

You have to hold the poem over a candle flame and as the paper heats up the answer will be magically revealed....

Think about it, what is the poem about?

Well then, that's the subject.

I know Milligan's work tends towards the surreal at times and can be hysterically off the wall but this one is quite simple.

Answer 3

You may need to read it about 10 more times. It is about the Children.

Answer 4

Quote from a book on Grammar in regard to the make up of a sentence

Try to think of it as a combination of two units:

The subject - What it is

The predicate - What we are saying about it.

So this poem is a mixture of subject and predicate...I suppose...but maybe I am making this too complicated....the children seeing the bees is the subject of the poem!!!!!!!