Analysis of TEDDY BEAR PLEASE TALK TO ME
TEDDY BEAR PLEASE TALK TO ME
TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW
TELL ME WHAT HAS HAPPENED
IN THIS ROOM SO COLD
TELL ME WHY HE SHAKES WITH FEAR
TELL ME SO I’LL KNOW
TELL ME WHAT HE FEARS THE MOST
THIS PRECIOUS FIVE YEAR OLD
TEDDY BEAR PLEASE TALK TO ME
TELL ME WHAT HE FEARS
TELL ME WHAT HAS HAPPENED
YOU WERE ALWAYS HERE
YOU WERE HERE TO SEE HIS FACE
TO HEAR THE SILENT SCREAM
TO DRY THE TEARS UPON HIS CHEEKS
YOU KNOW IT’S NOT A DREAM
I WISH THAT YOU COULD TALK TO ME
SO I COULD STOP THE BEAST
SO THAT THIS PRECIOUS FIVE YEAR OLD
COULD SIMPLY SLEEP IN PEACE
TEDDY BEAR PLEASE HOLD HIM TIGHT
HELP HIM TO SURVIVE
HELP HIM GAIN THE STRENGTH TO TELL
OF THE TERRORS IN HIS NIGHT
TEDDY BEAR PLEASE TALK TO ME
TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW
TELL ME WHAT HAS HAPPENED
IN THIS ROOM SO COLD
HOW CAN I CLOSE MY EYES TONIGHT
KNOWING WHAT I KNOW
A LITTLE ONE WILL SHAKE WITH FEAR
THIS PRECIOUS FIVE YEAR OLD
HOW CAN ANYONE WHO HEARS
THIS STORY, LET ME KNOW
HOW CAN YOU TURN YOUR HEAD AWAY
HOW CAN YOU BE SO COLD
HOW MANY CHILDREN SUFFER NOW
HOW MANY TEDDIES KNOW
HOW OFTEN DO THEY DRY THE TEARS
OF THE PRECIOUS CHILD THEY HOLD
DO YOU WANT TO KNOW THE TRUTH
DO YOU REALLY WANT TO KNOW
THEN DO NOT TURN YOUR HEAD AWAY
DO NOT BE SO COLD
HELP THE CHILDREN SLEEP IN PEACE
HELP THE CHILDREN TELL
HELP THE TEDDIES DRY THEIR TEARS
SEND THE BEAST TO HELL
TEDDY BEAR PLEASE TALK TO ME
TELL ME WHAT YOU KNOW
TELL ME WHAT HAS HAPPENED
IN THIS ROOM SO COLD
| Scheme | ABCD ebxD AxCx xfxf axdg hxih ABCD hbeD xbjd xbkd xbjd giki ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011111 11111 111110 01111 1111111 11111 1111101 110111 1011111 11111 111110 1011 1011111 110101 11010111 111101 11111111 111101 11110111 110101 1011111 11101 1110111 1010011 1011111 11111 111110 01111 11111101 10111 01011111 110111 111011 110111 11111101 111111 11010101 11011 11011101 1010111 1111101 1110111 11111101 11111 1010101 10101 101111 10111 1011111 11111 111110 01111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 1,441 |
| Words | 323 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 13 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 52 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
About this poem
I wrote this poem along with others several years ago when I was a single parent raising 2 small boys since they were in diapers after a nasty divorce. My previous wife abused my children and it was a long road to help them recover. I was also a house parent at home for abused children and had dealt with the sufferings of other children as well. This was one of my ways of coping with the bad things and keeping strong for my kids.
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