This is an analysis of the poem From Jubilate Agno, Fragment B, Lines 695-768 that begins with:

For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry.
For he is the servant of the Living God, duly and daily serving him.... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbcdefdcggeXhhfgibbXfjfeaiifdhdhXhXkXjihXXhdXhihlfdhXgadidXbjfgddjiXhbXXlek
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 77,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1100101110 1100100010110110101 11011001001001110001 10011100101011010010 11111010110010010101 1110110100 11011010110101001001 101010101 1111010100010111 11001110101011 11011001100100010 1101100111 11011001 11011011 110011011111010100101 11011010101 11011110010 110110101 110010110110010010 101101011010010 111101110001001 111010011010 1101101010110001 1110110010101010 1110001001010010011101 111000101011100101 10010100110110111 110001010 10101001001010 1110100110001010101010 110110100101110011011010 111010011111001 1101100101001010001 11001000101110100100010 1010101001001100100010010 010 110010011111001 10101101010 11001000100100010100 1001000001011000101010100 11001000101010 110010001 11001001001100 111110010 1101010101111 11010101011010 110001111010111010001000110 110011111 1110100110110010 10011010101000100011 1010010111010100101010 11010111101 1111101001010011010 111111010100010 111110011010011100 1111011101001 1111011000001010 11110111001 1101010101110 10100010010 101001001 111001010110010 11000110011010110 11101100101010100 111010011001011 101110111101 100010101000010 111001111101100 11011101111110 10010010001000101110100010 1010111 111110001000010 111101101100100 101001010011111010100 11110101001010 111111 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 4473
  • Average number of words per stanza: 856
  • Amount of lines: 77
  • Average number of symbols per line: 57 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; for, of, he, to, himself, his, in, poor, it, can, which, upon, patience are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines tiger is repeated).

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  • summary of From Jubilate Agno, Fragment B, Lines 695-768;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
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  • critical appreciation.

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