Analysis of Pequeno Baby Shoes

Len Lewis 1943 (Port of Spain, Trinidad)



We still cherish our teak baby crib
And a small dresser full of mementos
Warm knitted booties white terry bib
Behind reindeer Rudy's shiny red nose
Cute smiling bonnets tied at the chin
First walking boots in small baby bin
One colored safety diaper pin
Red rubber slippers to seek and hide
Jumpers all colors fastened one side
Going-out rompers powder-white vests
Used-to-be so-white christening dress
Stuffed baby toys all kinds of faces
Elegant Barbies tall boots with laces
Chubby-faced dolls dressed to the hilt
Yet memories of one cozy nest we built
Erasing growing-up things they'd said
On a knew-not-better growing-up head
Now they return with their own brood
Often leave their little shoes behind
And that is really when I find
That of those keepsakes in our nest
I treasure baby shoes the best


Scheme ABABCCCDDEFGGHHIIJKKLL
Poetic Form
Metre 1110101101 0011011010 110101101 011101011 11011101 110101101 11010101 110101101 101101011 10111011 111111001 110111110 1001011110 10111101 11001110111 010101111 1011101011 11011111 101110101 01110111 11110101 11010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 782
Words 136
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 22
Lines Amount 22
Letters per line (avg) 30
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 656
Words per stanza (avg) 136
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Submitted on June 25, 2012

Modified on March 05, 2023

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