Analysis of Frankie, my twenty year old cat



Frankie is a greeter
"Hail fellow well met"
He is ever sweeter as a wondrous pet

Frankie is a buddy
"Companion of lore"
He is a case study of esprit de corps

Frankie is a hunter
"Stalking after prey"
He is every bunter in a head butt way

Frankie is a lover
"On a catbird seat"
He is undercover seeking cats in heat

Frankie is a cuddler
"Duly pressing flesh"
He is cozy huddler keeping spirits fresh

Frankie is a crooner
"Purring a fine tune"
He is astral lunar making many swoon


Scheme ABB XAX AAX ACC ADD AEE
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 11011 11101010101 101010 01011 11011010111 101010 10101 11100100111 101010 1011 1101010101 10101 10101 1110110101 101010 10011 11101010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 461
Words 92
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 63
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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