This is an analysis of The Orange Bears by Kenneth Patchen.

The Orange bears with soft friendly eyes
Who played with me when I was ten,…

Browse poems by Kenneth Patchen

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcXXdabbedeXXa abdXXc
  • Stanza lengths: 15,6,
  • Metre: 010101101 11011111 101111101 11100111 11111110 1010111 11111101 00101010 0010010010 11111100111 00010101101 101011111011 1010011010 010010100100 01101101010 101011110 101001110 01010011001 1101110101 01001111011
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 20