This is an analysis of A Bear Story by Edgar Albert Guest.
There was a bear — his name was Jim,
An' children weren't askeered of him,…
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Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccdd XXeeccaa bfbbgghh iijjccXX hhdXkkaa llffiXbb
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11010111 1101010001 11100111 11000110 10111111 11110101 11011111 01110101 11111111 11011111 11110111 01011101 11110111 11110111 11100101 11110101 11010111 11010100 11010111 11010111 11111111 11110101 11011101 11111101 11010101 11011001 01011101 11110101 11010111 110100111 11010111 01010111 11111111 11010011 11011101 11111111 11010111 11011101 11010101 11010011 11011111 11010001 111001110 111011110 11010111 11011111 11011101 01111111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
an', you, they
Anaphora
an'
Epiphora
'