This is an analysis of the poem The Poem Cat that begins with:

Sometimes the poem
doesn't want to come;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Aabbcdeecfg AhibXjea AXc daadebXfk abllmnof ceX bgehc kmmXfojminababi
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,8,3,9,8,3,5,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010 10101 010010 10101 111 1001 1011 1101 1111001 1001 0010011 01010 101 10110 100101001 01011 0100010 100111 10 01010 110 01010 010001 011010 101010 111 111011 1001 110 1010010 0110101 001011 111110 01111 1011 1011010 010100 11101 00110 10010 111010 11110 01110 0100010 111010 1001 01010 101101 0010011010 110010 111 10011001 1001010 11110010 010110 0100110 11 1101 101 111 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 140
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Poem Cat;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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