Analysis of Cat-Pie
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe 1749 (Frankfurt) – 1832 (Weimar)
WHILE he is mark'd by vision clear
Who fathoms Nature's treasures,
The man may follow, void of fear,
Who her proportions measures.
Though for one mortal, it is true,
These trades may both be fitted,
Yet, that the things themselves are two
Must always be admitted.
Once on a time there lived a cook
Whose skill was past disputing,
Who in his head a fancy took
To try his luck at shooting.
So, gun in hand, he sought a spot
Where stores of game were breeding,
And there ere long a cat he shot
That on young birds was feeding.
This cat he fancied was a hare,
Forming a judgment hasty,
So served it up for people's fare,
Well-spiced and in a pasty.
Yet many a guest with wrath was fill'd
(All who had noses tender):
The cat that's by the sportsman kill'd
No cook a hare can render.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEFGFGFHIHDJKJK |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111101 1101010 01110111 1001010 11110111 1111110 11010111 111010 11011101 1111010 10110101 1111110 11011101 1111010 01110111 1111110 11110101 1001010 11111101 110001 110011111 1111010 01110101 1101110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 762 |
Words | 151 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 24 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 599 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 149 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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