This is an analysis of the poem To Be Noticed As A Serious Undertaking that begins with:

The playing of cat and mouse,
May come to validate the cat and the mouse......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXbcdadd eedbXdcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0100111 11010001101 1001 110 11010 1101011111 010100001101 101001001010 101001010110 1110101 1010101 010110010001 10101110 01000010110101 111100110100011 0010101001010 11010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 55
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines mouse is repeated).

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

  • summary of To Be Noticed As A Serious Undertaking;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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