Cat Talk 1
Chirruping and warbling meows:
feline language for welcome home
Tiptoe dancing and tail held high
Salute-greeting, a micro-tome
Unhurried, short and soft meows:
stories and information tell
Today's big doings, what's gone down
All complaints and good things as well
Sustained, incessant, loud meows:
vocalizing high-pitched demand
"Give me food or litter-box change"
Claiming "the chair" requires a stand
The plaintively cadenced meows:
histrionic protestation
For being brushed, claws clipped, ears washed
And the dreaded medication
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABXB ACXC ADXD AEXE |
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Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 518 |
Words | 76 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
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