Analysis of The curse of the black cat



Ron and I were walking on our way home from school
A black cat crosses our pathway and it turns our heads
We chase after the cat to scare the dickens out of him
A barking dog comes charging at us from behind
 “0h my gosh! It’s the curse of the black cat
We try to jump a fence but the pit bull grabs hold of my pant leg
I let out a screech as my best friend hauls me over in time
Standing on the other side, we stare at the growling dog
The canine starts to dig a hole underneath the fence, so we take off
Almost at my house, the black cat is sitting waiting in our pathway
We divide around the cat and go into my home to lock the door


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Poetic Form
Metre 1010101101111 01110101011101 11100111010111 010111011101 1111011011 1111011011111111 111011111111001 10101011110101 011110101011111 1111011110100101 10101010101111101
Closest metre Iambic heptameter
Characters 633
Words 135
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 45
Words per line (avg) 12
Letters per stanza (avg) 494
Words per stanza (avg) 135
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Submitted on December 03, 2019

Modified on March 14, 2023

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