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2. interestingliterature.com › 2020 › 08‘My Cat Jeoffry’: From Christopher Smart’s Jubilate Agno

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   Aug 7, 2020 · Neil Curry, in his book [Christopher Smart] (By: Neil Curry) [published: June, 2004], describes Jeoffry as the ‘most famous cat in the whole history of English literature’, and the 74-line excerpt from Jubilate Agno may well be the greatest cat poem in the language. The poem is religious: Jeoffry, like Smart (who was confined partly because ...

3. www.gradesaver.com › grace-nichols-poetry › studyGrace Nichols: Poetry Study Guide: Analysis - GradeSaver

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   Grace Nichols: Poetry Analysis. These notes were contributed by members of the GradeSaver community. We are thankful for their contributions and encourage you to make your own. Written by Micola Magdalena. Cat -rap. The poem " Cat-Rap’’ has a fixed form, having a rhyme which gives it a very formal sense. The message transmitted thought he ...

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   The Poem. One of the most delightful and best-known poems in praise of a house cat, Christopher Smart’s “My Cat, Jeoffry” is actually one section of a much more complex and difficult work ...

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   Forbidden Love. Although generally characterized as an example of nonsense poetry, this poem makes complete narrative sense. It tells a very direct and uncomplicated story of an owl and cat eloping. Thematically, it makes perfect sense that this marriage is an elopement since it is the story of "unnatural" love.

6. www.lewisu.edu › writingcenter › pdfA Simplified Guide for Analyzing Poetry - Lewis University

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   Guide for Analyzing Poetry Step Two The second step to analyzing a poem is to read it: once in yo. head and then a second time out loud. If the poem is particularly complex or long, you may find that reading it aloud several times helps you to better comprehend and identify formal elements such as rhythm or enjambment, s.

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   Is 'my cat Jeoffry' the greatest cat poem in English literature?

   • And we can see these qualities in abundance in ‘My Cat Jeoffry’. Neil Curry, in his book [Christopher Smart] (By: Neil Curry) [published: June, 2004], describes Jeoffry as the ‘most famous cat in the whole history of English literature’, and the 74-line excerpt from Jubilate Agno may well be the greatest cat poem in the language.

   ‘My Cat Jeoffry’: From Christopher Smart’s Jubilate Agno

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   What is a cat rap poem?

   • Cat -rap The poem " Cat-Rap’’ has a fixed form, having a rhyme which gives it a very formal sense. The message transmitted thought he poem is however a very lighthearted one, the major character in the poem being a cat, sitting around all day and rapping in its head.

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   How does the cat end the poem 'like a beacon'?

   • The poem ends with a brag usually found in rapping, the cat calling itself ‘’the meanest cat-rapper you’’ll ever see’’. The cat also expresses its hope the find the answer to the mystery regarding Rapp in the next life when it will meet the forefathers of rapping. Like a Beacon

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   Why should I consider my cat Jeoffry?

   • For I will consider my Cat Jeoffry. For he is the servant of the Living God duly and daily serving him. For at the first glance of the glory of God in the East he worships in his way. For this is done by wreathing his body seven times round with elegant quickness. For then he leaps up to catch the musk, which is the blessing of God upon his prayer.

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   Why do we need a cat?

   • For every house is incomplete without him and a blessing is lacking in the spirit. For the Lord commanded Moses concerning the cats at the departure of the Children of Israel from Egypt. For every family had one cat at least in the bag. For the English Cats are the best in Europe.

   ‘My Cat Jeoffry’: From Christopher Smart’s Jubilate Agno

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   How does smart describe a cat's play?

   • Smart also coins new words or adopts old ones, again sensitive to sound, as when he onomatopoeically describes the cat’s play as “spraggle upon waggle” (as a noun “sprag” is an archaic term meaning “a lively young fellow”).

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8. www.litcharts.com › poetry › edward-learThe Owl and the Pussy-Cat Poem Summary and Analysis - LitCharts

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   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 ...