Analysis of A Cat
Edward Thomas 1878 (London Borough of Lambeth) – 1917 (Pas-de-Calais)
She had a name among the children;
But no one loved though someone owned
Her, locked her out of doors at bedtime
And had her kittens duly drowned.
In Spring, nevertheless, this cat
Ate blackbirds, thrushes, nightingales,
And birds of bright voice and plume and flight,
As well as scraps from neighbours’ pails.
I loathed and hated her for this;
One speckle on a thrush’s breast
Was worth a million such; and yet
She lived long, till God gave her rest.
Scheme | XXXX XAXA ABXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 110101010 1111111 01011111 01010101 0100111 110101 011110101 1111111 11010011 1101011 11010101 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 452 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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