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All my words flattened, rolled, turned into felt, slowly melting. I was brave, as I walked with you, to the front door, threw it open, the world overflowing like a treasure chest. A split second and you were away, intoxicated. After you’d gone I went into your bedroom, released a song bird from its cage.
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‘The Naming of Cats’ features a rhyme scheme that varies throughout the poem. Initially, it follows an ‘ABAB’ pattern, then shifts to ‘ABBA’ at the end, with the last four lines. The rhyme scheme gives the poem a whimsical and rhythmic quality, mirroring the playful and intricate nature of naming cats. As for the meter, it is primarily anapestic te...
‘The Naming of Cats’ is presented in one big text portion and can be read in full here. Although the partition in stanzas can be made following the rhyme scheme, the poem is not printed with those spaces. Therefore, the poem will be analyzed as a whole, but those further partitions can be made. ‘The Naming of Cats’explores the way in which cats acq...
Thomas Stearns Eliot was born in 1888 and died in 1965. He was a British essayist, publisher, playwright, literary and social critic. Although born in the United States of America, he became a British citizen in 1927. T. S. Eliot moved to England in 1914 at the age of 25 and stayed there until his death. He is known as one of the most important poe...
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The poem tells the story of two animals, an owl, and a cat, who fall in love and get married despite their differences. This is a poem that is sure to amuse readers of all ages. Its playful language, whimsical imagery, and nonsensical words and phrases create a sense of delight and entertainment that is hard to resist.
Brief Summary. Heaney has authored a poem about a community of islanders who are preparing for a storm, investigating the battle of nature vs man. It centres on their experience of the storm, and how they appear to get them regularly, and then how this impacts life on the island as they wait inside for it to pass.
Summary. ‘Inversnaid’ by Gerard Manley Hopkins is a short, dialect heavy poem that speaks on a particular brook and its many qualities. The poem begins with the speaker giving the reader a few initial details about the brook. It flows powerfully and is of a dark colour. There is a great deal of foam on the surface that’s a light tan shade.
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- October 9, 1995
- Poetry Analyst And Editor
Edward Lear's "The Owl and the Pussy-Cat" is a classic children's poem, originally published in Nonsense Songs, Stories, Botany and Alphabets (1871). Its heroes, an owl and a cat, fall madly in love and sail off to be married together. With the help of a friendly pig and turkey, they enjoy a delightful wedding, followed by dinner and a dance in ...
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Analysis (ai): This poem depicts Skimbleshanks, the intelligent cat who serves as an indispensable figure on the Night Mail, a train departing at 11:39 pm. In a playful and witty style, the poem narrates Skimble's pivotal role in ensuring the train's punctual departure, supervising its operations, and maintaining order among the passengers, instilling a sense of security and tranquility for ...
