This is an analysis of the poem The Bob-Cat that begins with:
The puma is a puss-cat, and a thumping big one too,
But mostly when you meet one it's a deal more scared than you;...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01000111010111 11011110011111 111011101010101 100101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 4
- Average number of symbols per line: 58 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 13
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, but are repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of The Bob-Cat;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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