Cats Cradle Song, By A Babe In Knots by James Clerk Maxwell: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Cats Cradle Song, By A Babe In Knots that begins with:

Peter the Repeater,
Platted round a platter... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa babX XcXX XXXX ccccXaaaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100010 101010 1010010 100010 111111 111010 101010 101010 111010 000110 101110 100000 1101010 100100100 1101010 1101100 0101010 01010010 1011010 0111010 1101010 0111010 1110010 1101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 106
  • Average number of words per stanza: 18
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; em is repeated.

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