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

They did this to her, the men who know her, the man
She loved, who loved her not enough, being selfish...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcbdeXeffXXdXXaXXaca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100000111001 111101011010 101001011011 101101010101 010110100111 111011111000 100111111001 001100111110 011111101001 0110011110101 110101010000 011101111110 111101111101 111011001010 0100101000101 001011101011 010101010011 101111110001 101010111100 10111100101 101010111011 111010111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1103
  • Average number of words per stanza: 225
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; her, who, loved, to, their, forget, i, love, in are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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