This is an analysis of the poem How A Cat Was Annoyed And A Poet Was Booted that begins with:

A poet had a cat.
There is nothing odd in that— ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbbcdada eeffffgbgb aaXffeXacX hhXffXiaia hXXjXXkgkg bbbffbcXcX llmXXmjfXfXaaacca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,10,10,17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010101 1010101 11101010101 110101 010011 0101010101 11111010 10110101 10101010 101 011101 1010101 1111001111 1011111 1010101 0101010001 11101011 1110011 10101011 101 010111 1010101 1111110101 1011111 1010110 10110010111 11101010 1011101 11101110 101 1011101 1011101 1111101010 1010101 0010101 0111010101 10101110 1111101 11101000 101 111100 0110101 1110111111 1011111 1010101 11101010001 11101010 1010101 11100010 101 1111101 1110001 1111011101 0011101 1010111 11111110101 10100011 1110101 10111011 101 1111101 0010001 1111110111 1111101 1011111 1100010101 11111011 1111101 11111011 110 010001 1110111 01100010001 10110101 1011101 00101010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 303
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 76
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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; it, i are repeated.

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

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  • summary of How A Cat Was Annoyed And A Poet Was Booted;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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