This is an analysis of the poem Here! Here...You Take The Cheese that begins with:

Mice like rats and slick napping cats,
Only appear to do as they please......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb Xbaa cbXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11111101 100101111 100010101 0110110100100 10111101001 11111010101 011110001001 001001100 11 1101 01010101 111001101 1001001110
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

  • summary of Here! Here...You Take The Cheese;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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