Analysis of Singing the Black Cat Blues
People stop and stare
when I pass them on the street,
some believe it is bad luck
as our paths cross each other
others turn away and do not bother.
Singing the black cat blues.
Superstition follows we wherever I go,
like a black cloud ready to storm,
sunshine days are scarce in my life
I am an orphan looking for a home,
beating the pavement as I roam.
Singing the black cat blues.
One day a person approached me,
catching me with a large net,
pushed into a cage in back of a truck,
I arrived to a building with lots of noise,
my home and shelter with two mouse toys.
Singing the black cat blues.
Visitors came and went and passed me by,
I tried to look loving and purred out my heart,
hoping to be adopted by a special someone,
so I would not live my life as a stray cat,
and enjoy the coziness of my homey habitat.
Singing the black cat blues.
While I was napping in my sheltered cage,
I heard the sweet sound of a woman's voice,
she stopped and stared at me as I woke up,
an attendant opened up the door and I was free,
my new owner picked me up as I mewed with glee.
No longer singing the black cat blues.
Scheme | xxabb C xxxdd C exaff C xxxgg C xxxee c |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10101 1111101 1011111 11011110 1010101110 100111 01010101011 10111011 1111011 1111010101 10010111 100111 11010011 1011011 1010101101 10110101111 110101111 100111 1001010111 11111001111 101101010101 11111111011 0010100111010 100111 1111001101 1101110101 1101111111 1010101010111 111011111111 110100111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 1,081 |
Words | 222 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 10 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1, 5, 1 |
Lines Amount | 30 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on February 21, 2020
Modified on March 14, 2023
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