This is an analysis of Poor Kitty Popcorn by Henry Clay Work.

Did you ever hear the story of the loyal cat? Meyow!
Who was faithful to the flag, and ever follow'd that? Meyow!…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaX XXXX XXbbX XXccX XXddX
  • Stanza lengths: 5,4,5,5,5,
  • Metre: 011010100010110 111000111010110 1110101010101 1110111011111 111000100011110 11011 1000111 101110100110110 101110100110110 101110101111110 111010101010110 1010001010111 1010101010101 10000101010110 1010101001010110 101010100010110 1110101010101 1110101000111 111010100011110 111010101110110 101110101010110 1010101000101 1110101110111 101010101110110
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

meyow, she

Anaphora

never

Epiphora

meyow