Analysis of Fluffy, A Cat
R C Lehmann 1856 ( Ecclesall, Sheffield, ) – 1929 ( High Wycombe, )
So now your tale of years is done,
Old Fluff, my friend, and you have won,
Beyond our land of mist and rain,
Your way to the Elysian plain,
Where through the shining hours of heat
A cat may bask and lap and eat;
Where goldfish glitter in the streams,
And mice refresh your waking dreams,
And all, in fact, is planned - and that's
Its great delight - to please the cats.
Yet sometimes, too, your placid mind
Will turn to those you've left behind,
And most to one who sheds her tears,
The mistress of your later years,
Who sheds her tears to summon back
Her faithful cat, the white-and-black.
Fluffy, full well you understood
The frequent joys of motherhood -
To lick, from pointed tail to nape,
The mewing litter into shape;
To show, with pride that condescends,
Your offspring to your human friends,
And all our sympathy to win
For every kit tucked snugly in.
In your familiar garden ground
We've raised a tributary mound,
And passing by it we recite
Your merits and your praise aright.
"Here lies," we say, "from care released
A faithful, furry, friendly beast.
Responsive to the lightest word,
About these walks her purr was heard.
Love she received, for much she earned,
And much in kindness she returned.
Wherefore her comrades go not by
Her little grave without a sigh."
Scheme | AABBCCDDEE FFXXGG HHIIDXJJ KKXC LLMMNNOO |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11111111 11110111 011011101 111011 110101011 01110101 1110001 01011101 01011101 11011101 10111101 11111101 01111101 01011101 11011101 01010101 1011101 0101110 11110111 0110011 111111 1111101 011010011 110011100 01010101 1101001 01011101 1100111 11111101 01010101 01010101 01110111 11011111 01010101 101111 01010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,252 |
Words | 236 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 10, 6, 8, 4, 8 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 199 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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