This is an analysis of the poem The Bad Kittens that begins with:

You may call, you may call
But the little black cats won't hear you....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcccbddaeXffe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 101011111 010111100 10111001 1110110110 1111011010 111101010 10110101 11111001 11101001 1101001 01101001 11101111 11101111 11001011 00101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 581
  • Average number of words per stanza: 111
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, they, of are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Bad Kittens;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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