Analysis of For Teddy Bear and All Cats Forever
Elizabeth Hensley 1957 (St Louis)
For Teddy Bear and All Cats Forever
In Heaven not one Sparrow falls apart
From Papa's loving mind and gracious heart.
And what do Kitty Angels love to do?
But chase those Sparrows!
Yes they do!
The thing about this wonderful place
Is that Birdies don't mind being chased.
Miceys neither. Nor do Frogs
And Cats don't mind being chased by Dogs.
Googolplex's of new boxes.
Not a one has any tops.
Strewn farther than an eye can see
For their box-joy jamboree.
Warm bowls of milk for them to sip.
Fields of clover and catnip,
Lazy boys for them to sit
And no thunder, not a bit!
No matter where they've had to roam,
There all Ferals have a home.
And when they get tired of romping
Thru fields and Trees
Chasing immortal Mice and Bees
The best part of Heaven is that
Jesus has an infinite lap!
| Scheme | A BBCXC XXDD XXXA EEFF GG XHHXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101011010 0101110101 111010101 0111010111 11110 111 010111001 111011101 110111 011110111 11110 1011101 11011111 11111 11111111 1110010 1011111 0110101 11011111 111101 011110110 1101 10010101 01111011 10111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 777 |
| Words | 149 |
| Sentences | 14 |
| Stanzas | 7 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 5, 4, 4, 4, 2, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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