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   One night, returning home, much intoxicated, from one of my haunts about town, I fancied that the cat avoided my presence. I seized him; when, in his fright at my violence, he inflicted a slight wound upon my hand with his teeth. The fury of a demon instantly possessed me. I knew myself no longer.

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4. www.owleyes.org › text › black-catThe Black Cat Full Text - Owl Eyes

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   While the narrator perceives a positive outlook towards the black cat, his wife alludes to ancient notions of witches and associates the cat as a witch in disguise. — Arianna Fernandes Horror is a thematic idea so imminent within the passage as a whole just because of the fact that the subject, as well as the reader, associates the household events solely with horror, and horror only.

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   Dec 17, 2014 · One night, returning home, much intoxicated, from one of my haunts. ~ about town, I fancied that the cat avoided my presence. I seized him; when, in his fright at my violence, he inflicted a slight wound upon my hand with his teeth. The fury of a demon instantly possessed me.

6. americanenglish.state.gov › the_black_catThe Black Cat - American English

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   Months went by, and I could not drive the thought of the cat out of my mind. One night I sat in the inn, drinking, as usual. In the cor-ner I saw a dark object that I had not seen before. I went over to see what it could be. It was a cat, a cat almost exactly like Pluto. I touched it with my hand and petted it, passing my hand softly along its ...

7. interestingliterature.com › 2016/01/10-classic10 Classic Poems about Cats Everyone Should Read

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   Jan 12, 2016 · Janet was the daughter of the poet John Addington Symonds (1840-93). 9. Charles Baudelaire, ‘ Cats ‘. Like the Pangur Bán poem, Baudelaire’s ‘Cats’ brings scholars and cats together. The description of ‘giant sphinxes stretched in depths of solitude’ is a nice description of our aloof feline companions. 10.

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   What is a good poem about a cat?

   • 1. Anonymous, ‘ Pangur Bán ‘. This Old Irish poem was written by a monk about his cat, in around the 9th century, and found in a monastery in Austria. (Pangur Bán is the name of the monk’s cat.) Describing the life of the monk in his study with his cat as his happy companion, ‘Pangur Bán’ has everything for the cat-lover and book-lover.

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   What diction does Poe use to describe a cat?

   • The diction Poe employs to describe the cat gives the animal a curiously mechanical quality. To this end, the most significant word is the pronoun “it,” which immediately separates the new cat from Pluto, whom the narrator had referred to as “he” and “him.” The verb “spring,” evoking the movements of coiled metal, bolsters the cat’s lifelessness.

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   How does Edgar Allen Poe use juxtaposition?

   • Edgar Allen Poe uses juxtaposition in this section to depict the differing views from the narrator and his wife. While the narrator perceives a positive outlook towards the black cat, his wife alludes to ancient notions of witches and associates the cat as a witch in disguise. Click to copy annotation URL. You're viewing 0 of 3 free annotations.

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   How does Poe describe the narrator's feelings for the cat?

   • The syntax Poe uses to describe the narrator’s feelings for the cat underscore their autonomy and independence from the narrator’s intentions. The narrator is not the subject of his feelings: I felt disgusted and annoyed. Rather the feelings have a life of their own: “these feelings of disgust and annoyance rose into bitterness and hatred.”

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   Why does Poe use black cats?

   • This fact comes as no surprise to Poe’s readers. By drawing attention to popular superstitions regarding black cats, Poe foregrounds the fantastical elements of the story. He also exhibits an awareness of the mythology of the black cat, making the use of such a trope more engaging. Click to copy annotation URL.

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   Why does the narrator hang 'death' on a black cat?

   • These life threatening events the narrator displays on the cat can lead the reader into inferring if he is trying to kill the cat before the cat kills him. As mentioned before, the black cat's name is a symbol for death; therefore the narrator is hanging "death" by the neck before it has the chance to come after him. Click to copy annotation URL.

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9. rainydaypoems.com › poems-for-kids › cat-poemsCat by Mary Britton Miller - Rainy Day Poems

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   The black cat yawns, Opens her jaws, Stretches her legs, And shows her claws. Then she gets up And stands on four Long stiff legs And yawns some more. She shows her sharp teeth, She stretches her lip, Her slice of a tongue Turns up at the tip. Lifting herself On her delicate toes, She arches her back As high as it goes. She lets herself down ...