This is an analysis of the poem The Dog And The Cat that begins with:
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Once there lived a pussy cat,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: X aabbccaadd X eXXaaaafbfgghX X iibiAAhj X akakjalaAAab X mnmnabaa X naaaaabajjaahh X baooaa X jpbdXnnckkppXikidaeae X ggaboaadaX X gehehbgXc X llXlonaoahaha X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,10,1,14,1,8,1,12,1,8,1,14,1,6,1,21,1,10,1,9,1,13,1,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1 1110101 1110111 1101 1111 1110 11110 11101001 1000111 10101 1001 1 11011 111010 110110 11101 111001 10111 1111 10101 0111 1111 00111 11101 1111 1 1 11001 11101 00101 10101 1001 11001 1111 11100 1 01001 10101 010110 010011 11010 111 11010 1011 1001 11001 011 11011 1 110010 0111 101100 10101 001011 1111 11001 1111 1 01011 101 1010101 1101 1101 0011101 1101111 101111 101011110 11001010 10101101 0110111 11001011 11101011 1 1110111 111011001 1101111 1111101 1101101 10111101 1 1111 11110 01001010 10100101 11111110 01101011 0110101 11110 101 11110101 110001010 010111110 1101 1101 1101 0111 11 11 1101 1101 1111 1 110101 1010101 1011101 11010 10 10111 01001 1101 1101 1110 1 1101 1111 111101 11011101 0100101 1101 1101 101 10101 1 11010100 0111110 01111101 0111010 1101 1101 110101 10110101 110111 01110001 110111 11011101 111101 1
- Amount of stanzas: 22
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 131
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 139
- Average number of symbols per line: 20 (very short strings)
- Average number of words per line: 4
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; he, i, it, and, you are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, good, you are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines cat is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of The Dog And The Cat;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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