Analysis of Poe the Cat

Tom Case 1967 (California)



My autocrat of a
cat
sat on the pedestal
and watched me type.
His eyes, slits, like
slivers of emeralds.

He took a paw,
licked it, and
washed his despot face.
He owned me.
I did whatever he
wanted.
He sauntered off,
then turned and
watched , as I
took liberty with
truth, for the
sake of
imagination and creation.

I dreamed last
night that he could
talk.
He just said two words.
"Beautiful lies"


Scheme AXXXXX XBXCCXXBXXAXX XXXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11010 1 110100 0111 1111 10110 1101 110 11101 111 11101 10 111 110 111 11001 110 11 00100010 111 1111 1 11111 1001
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 397
Words 86
Sentences 9
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 13, 5
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 101
Words per stanza (avg) 25
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Written on February 14, 2023

Submitted by toddcase888 on February 14, 2023

Modified by toddcase888 on February 14, 2023

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