Analysis of Cat Dance



Once ‘twas a dreary day
Wandered across the street did she
A gypsy cat she run astray
To strike a match and catch some heat

Mountaintop catacombs
Find tomcat burn the daylight out
Rendezvous a dance rattle thee’s bones
With eyes closed silence rang about

Wandered to the top fair lady
Cats danced cemetery
Forget the mice go to elate-y
Forgetful sun down be wary

Cat lady gypsy grave
Run down sun down the joyous dance
With wild rags bare paws misbehave
The fattest mouse dare take a glance


Scheme ABAX XCXC BBXB DEDE
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 110101 10010111 01011101 11010111 1010 111011 10011011 11110101 10101110 11100 010111011 01011110 110101 11110101 1111101 01011101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 497
Words 92
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 25
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 100
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Written on July 30, 2023

Submitted by LemonRose on July 30, 2023

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