Analysis of The Black Cat

Ethan Duarte 2004 (Oregon)



A pitch black night
with no one in sight

A little black cat strolling down the road
when it notices a green toad

The cat says hello
the green toad changed to a bright yellow

scared, the little black cat says good day
and quickly walks away

The cat strolling down the street
stepped on glass, hurting it's feet

Now injured, the cat falls down
the cat looks around the town
but no one is around

All alone with no signs of help
the poor black cat cries out in a yelp
scared out of it's mind the cat closes it's eyes
when the cat opens their eyes they look toward the sky

The cat is no longer outside but rather in a house
late at night a human strolled by
coming across a little black cat

The human, caring and gently, took the black cat home
In search of finding a cat of their very own.

Now safe from all kinds of danger outside
the little black cat sighs
They can now live in peace and bathe in the sunlight.


Scheme AA BB CC DD EE FFX GGHI XIX XX XHA
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 0111 11101 0101110101 11100011 01101 011110110 101011111 010101 0110101 1111011 1100111 0110101 111101 10111111 011111001 11111011011 1011011110101 01111011110001 11101011 100101011 0101001010111 011100111101 1111111011 010111 11110101001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 884
Words 181
Sentences 2
Stanzas 10
Stanza Lengths 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 3, 4, 3, 2, 3
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 29
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 72
Words per stanza (avg) 18

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It's about a little black cat out in the street late at night

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Written on October 19, 2021

Submitted by EthanDuarte on October 19, 2021

Modified on May 03, 2023

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