This is an analysis of the poem The Cat In The Kitchen that begins with:
Have you heard about the boy who walked by
The black water? I won't say much more....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXaabXabcbXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1110101111 011011111 110100100010 01011101101 1011110 111 01001001110110 1001111101 010101011101 11101011110 0010111101 01100101011101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 506
- Average number of words per stanza: 98
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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