This is an analysis of the poem The Retired Cat that begins with:
A poet's cat, sedate and grave
As poet well could wish to have,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcccdedbbccffggff hheeiiggjjbbii iihhffbbggkkififii hheeiifffffX iieeiibbllXi kkfXiiffbbmmjjbbnnffffffggXXffiX Xhhffgggg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,14,18,12,12,32,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01010111 11011101 11010001 11011101 11011101 11011111 11111101 100101110 010111000001 111100010 01010101 11011101 10010001 110100101 01011101 01110101 11010101 01110001 100001001 11000101 11010111 11001101 11011111 11011101 01010101 01011001 10110001 11110001 11110101 11010101 11011111 11010001 110001001 01010101 010101101 01000101 01110101 010010111 010101001 11000101 01011101 01000101 100101010 010111010 10010111 11101111 11010101 11111101 1011000001 01001101 11100001 11110101 01010111 101010101 01011111 10010111 11111101 11011011 11110111 11010001 10011101 11010001 11010111 100111110 010101010 110110010 01110001 00011101 01010101 01010101 11100111 10010101 01011111 11100101 110101110 10010001 111101010 111010010 01011101 1001111010 11010101 11111101 11010101 10010001 11010101 01010101 11011111 01110101 01000101 01110101 11011101 11010101 01011011 01010001 11011101 11010101 11010101 01010101 11011101 11010101 100111010 011101010 11010101 01010000 11010101 10110101 11010001 0001000100 01010101 01111100 01110111 10010011 11010111 11111101 010101010 010001010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 603
- Average number of words per stanza: 103
- Amount of lines: 117
- Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, her, his, he are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, the, he are repeated.
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- summary of The Retired Cat;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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