Analysis of Mister Bobcat's Bad Day
Stan E. Hughes 1941 (Prosser, Washington)
A Bobcat tip toes through the brush.
He's suff'ring from a chicken rush.
"Those plumpy thighs are mighty fine
I'm gonna make some poultry mine."
He sizes up his fav'rite fowl
To the barnyard he starts to prowl.
That big watch dog just ain't around.
A tough and burly Red Bone hound.
A chicken dinner makes him drool.
But Mister Bobcat ain't no fool.
He knows Big Dog must be somewhere.
Cat sneaks around and sniffs the air.
The situation looks ... all clear.
He snatches a chicken. "Oh dear!"
Bobcat's in for a big surprise.
A rooster pecks him 'tween the eyes!
"Ouch!" That steely beak really smarts!
Here comes the Hound, and new he starts!
He growlin', barkin', and snappin'
Bobcat wonders, "Hey, what happened?"
No cut girl bobcat's gonna marry him.
He might as well be a vegetarian.
| Scheme | AA BB CC DD EE FF GG HH II BX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111101 1110101 1111101 11011101 1101111 1011111 11111101 01010111 01010111 1101111 1111111 11010101 0010111 11001011 1010101 01011101 11101101 11010111 111001 1101110 111110101 1111100100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 806 |
| Words | 148 |
| Sentences | 22 |
| Stanzas | 11 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 57 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
About this poem
Original poem about a situation where a bobcat had a really rough day
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Written on June 06, 2021
Submitted by hughes6060 on June 06, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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