Analysis of Cat
The fat cat on the mat
may seem to dream
of nice mice that suffice
for him, or cream;
but he free, maybe,
walks in thought
unbowed, proud, where loud
roared and fought
his kin, lean and slim,
or deep in den
in the East feasted on beasts
and tender men.
The giant lion with iron
claw in paw,
and huge ruthless tooth
in gory jaw;
the pard dark-starred,
fleet upon feet,
that oft soft from aloft
leaps upon his meat
where woods loom in gloom --
far now they be,
fierce and free,
and tamed is he;
but fat cat on the mat
kept as a pet
he does not forget.
Scheme | ABXBCDXDXEXE XFXFXGXGXCCCAHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 011101 1111 111101 1111 11110 101 01111 101 11101 1101 0011011 0101 01010110 101 01101 0101 0111 1011 111101 10111 11101 1111 101 0111 111101 1101 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 551 |
Words | 124 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 15 |
Lines Amount | 27 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 209 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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