This is an analysis of the poem The Owl And The Pussy-Cat that begins with:
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdcdDDX efXXaghGGGG fXaeXihIIII
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,11,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 0110101101 00100111 11110110010 1100111 011100101 1100101 1101011011 101001011 11 11 1010010110 10100111001 1100111 111010111110 11111101 1101101101 00110111 1100101011 001101001 01 01 001101001 111110011110 11101011 111001101011 101011101 111111001 11100101 1101101001 11101001 01 01 11101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 361
- Average number of words per stanza: 77
- Amount of lines: 33
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; pussy, you, they, moon are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words you, his, the are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines are, nose, moon are repeated).
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- summary of The Owl And The Pussy-Cat;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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