This is an analysis of the poem Poor Kitty Popcorn that begins with:
Did you ever hear the story of the loyal cat? Meyow!
Who was faithful to the flag, and ever follow'd that? Meyow!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaaX XXXX XXbbX XXccX XXddX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,5,5,5,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011010100010110 111000111010110 1110101010101 1110111011111 111000100011110 11011 1000111 101110100110110 101110100110110 101110101111110 111010101010110 1010001010111 1010101010101 10000101010110 1010101001010110 101010100010110 1110101010101 1110101000111 111010100011110 111010101110110 101110101010110 1010101000101 1110101110111 101010101110110
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 272
- Average number of words per stanza: 50
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 56 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 10
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; meyow, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word never is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines meyow is repeated).
The poet repeated the same word meyow at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
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- summary of Poor Kitty Popcorn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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