Analysis of THE CAT & THE BIRD (Poem #268)
A cat jumped over the fence,
And to the bird it seemed immense.
“What shall I do?”
The bird chirped, and he flew
Up high in a tree that was dense.
© copyright 8/1/1999 by Jean E. Gorney
| Scheme | AABBA X |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111001 01011101 1111 011011 11001111 1011110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 185 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on October 07, 2013
Modified on March 05, 2023
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