This is an analysis of the poem Tip's Kitten that begins with:

The master- he loved my kitten, my kitten;
She was still too weak to stand,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcbX addeXe affghg ahhcfc acXcXc aiicXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01011110110 1111101 11100111 11001010 11111011 11011010 1101111110110 11101010 11101101 1110010110 11001111 10010110 1101110110 11111101 11101111 110011010 101001011 111111110 1101110110 0111001 01001001 111010110 11100101 11011110 11001110110 11011010 1111111 11011110 11101011 110010010 11111110110 11101101 1001011 111111110 1110111 1011111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 215
  • Average number of words per stanza: 44
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; kitten, her, i, their, my, it, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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