This is an analysis of the poem Mistress Gurton's Cat that begins with:
Old MISTRESS GURTON had a Cat,
A Tabby, loveliest of the race,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdeeff gdghhdaaaa ggiijjddg hhgjjXakk llmmddgghh eXccnnaaa ekkedbbdoo fhpphagcgX aoaoddlplpaaooaX eeccXhokokccjj oaaoooddXg qcqcddfXddXcchhff
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,9,9,10,9,10,10,16,14,10,17,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 11010101 010100001 11011111 010111001 01010111 11011111 11010101 01000101 110101010 110100010 110101010 0101001010 11100101 11010111 110100111 11011101 10010111 10010111 111100111 11110110 1110001110 111101010 01111001 10110101 11010001 11010111 10100101 10010111 101101001 11010101 01110101 11010101 11010001 11100101 11011101 11010101 110010111 01010101 111100001 1101110101 110111010 010111010 01010101 11010101 101111001 101010111 101010101 101011101 101001001 100010101 100110101 10101010100 101110111 100011101 100010111 101110101 1011100111 100011101 100010101 100110101 101001101 101011101 11011101 101010101 100000101 1010101001 101010101 101111111 1010101001 1010101010 101010111 100010111 100010101 101011101 1010010101 1011101001 10101101 101011101 1000010100 10100011101 101110101 100110011 1011101001 101010101 101011111 1010101010 101001111 10100101010 11010101 101010101 11110101 101110111 101010100 10101110101 10110010100110 11110101 00111101 11101111 11011101 11010111 1001010101 11110111 111100010 01011101 010111110 10010101 11010101 01010101 11000101 111111011 11110101 01010101 010101 110111001 01010101 110010101 111111011 11010011010 110001110101 11010101 11000101 11100001 010101 1010101011 1010101 110101010 110110111000 11010101 111001 11010101 01010101 10110101 11010101 111101110 110111110
- Amount of stanzas: 13
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 398
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 135
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, her, to, so are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i, never, to, now, so are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Mistress Gurton's Cat;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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