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

All day I inevitably encounter a cat here and there
In the shadow of trees or out in the sun, around ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdXXcaXde aabfeXbXf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110100001001111 0011011100101 010101 111011001101 0011 01000100011 1001001011 01011 111001110101 0010001 1111011001 11111 011010111 111001011001 100011101001010 00101 11110101010001 1100101 01011010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 245
  • Average number of words per stanza: 45
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, he are repeated.

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  • summary of The Cat;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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