This is an analysis of the poem Who Is Kator Anyhow? that begins with:

Why, oh why was Kater lifted
From the darkness, where he drifted ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbXXcccXaa ccXabb bbddbX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 00101110 10111010 11101010 0010101 1010101 01111010 10101010 01100110 1110111011 1111101 1010101 11101010 11101010 10111110 11100110 10101010 10101010 11101010 10100010 00101010 11101010 100111010 101010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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