Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats

Not all works of literature have a theme; some authors write merely to express a sentiment or to create an image. However, if we had to analyze T.S. Eliot’s “Macavity: The Mystery Cat” for theme,...

The term "ginger" is used in British English to refer to a yellow-orange color resembling that of the dried spice ginger, made from the ground root of the ginger plant and commonly used in many...

The fundamental elements of poetic form are line breaks, rhythm, metrical feet, and rhyme. T.S. Eliot's playful poem "Macavity The Mystery Cat" is part of his larger work Old Possum’s Book of...

One poem in T. S. Eliot’s book about cats is “The Naming of Cats.” The speaker asserts that cats are fundamentally mysterious and secretive, so a cat will have several names—not all of them will be...

The answer to your question can be found in "The Naming of Cats." It is implied that having a name that's particular enables a cat to stand proudly with a "perpendicular" tail. This cat will be...

To write a critical analysis of a poem, we first want to make a decision on the overall theme of the poem. We then want to literally criticize the poem, meaning "judge [its] merits and and faults"...

Eliot effectively makes use of repetition in his poem "Macavity: The Mystery Cat." This repetition, as well as effective rhyme and rhythm, contribute to the poem's musicality. This is why it could...

Let's look at the first stanza, shown below. I will put each accented syllable in bold and separate one metrical foot from another with a "|" symbol: Ma ca | vi ty's | a Mys | te ry Cat | he's...

T.S. Eliot's Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats is a collection of poems about the ways and personalities of cats. Some cats in this collection are far more responsible than others. For example,...

The three kinds of names that a cat has are explained in “The Naming of a Cat” in T. S. Eliot’s Old Possum’s Book of Practical Cats. The poem’s speaker distinguishes between the different...