This is an analysis of The Confidant Peasant And The Maladroit Bear by Guy Wetmore Carryl.
A peasant had a docile bear,
A bear of manners pleasant,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedeff ghghii bjbjbb hkhkii lelXkk hfhbfXbbXii
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,11,
- Metre: 01010101 0101010 11011101 1101010 110101010 010101010 01010111 1101110 11010111 1101111 010101110 010101010 11010111 0101010 01101111 1101010 11111110 010101010 01010101 0111010 01010101 1110010 1111010100 111101010 11010111 0101010 11010101 1101010 010001001 010011011 11011001 1101011 01011101 1101010 010111011 011101011 01011101 1101011 11011101 11101 10 1 110100010 111101010 01001111 01011101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 47
Anaphora
a, she, the, and
Epiphora
was, him
