Innocent Babe In The Woods by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Innocent Babe In The Woods that begins with:

I use to be that one choosing to pick,
Appropriate words to say....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcXadedb cffXcebfebc XdX XeXge aX aXgdd aaX Xf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,3,5,2,5,3,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100111001 0100101 1001010 101011000 110111100011 11111111 1111001111011 111111 101111 01101011 111010100110 111110010 111110101110 00101011010 110101111 0101101100 10111100010101 01000111010 11001001 0001011110101 1010110 00100010111 110111111001 010110 111 110100 1011111010 001101010 1110111101 1101001010 11 10101010 1100 11110001011 111110110100 10101011001 110111100110 111 11111010001 010101001 11110 001001001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 190
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i, it, days are repeated.

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