This is an analysis of The Owl And The Pussy-Cat by Edward Lear.
The Owl and the Pussy-cat went to sea
In a beautiful pea green boat,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbcdcdDDX efXXaghGGGG fXaeXihIIII
- Stanza lengths: 11,11,11,
- Metre: 0110101101 00100111 11110110010 1100111 011100101 1100101 1101011011 101001011 11 11 1010010110 10100111001 1100111 111010111110 11111101 1101101101 00110111 1100101011 001101001 01 01 001101001 111110011110 11101011 111001101011 101011101 111111001 11100101 1101101001 11101001 01 01 11101001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 33
Repeated words/phrases
pussy, you, they, moon
Anaphora
you, his, the
Epiphora
are, nose, moon
