Analysis of The Cat and The Sparrow
The cat stopped licking himself and gazed
longingly upon the sparrow and her beautiful wings.
'One day that sparrow will be my own'
thought the cat
certain in his presumption.
The sparrow spread her beautiful wings
and rose up to meet the horizon,
never again to be gazed upon
by the cat or his eyes.
The cat continued licking himself once more,
certain in his presumption still.
| Scheme | XAXXB ABXX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011100101 10001010001001 111101111 101 1001010 010101001 011110010 100111101 101111 01010100111 10010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 382 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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