Cats Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: ABABB CDEDD FGFHH IJIKK| Those who love cats which do not even purr | A |
| Or which are thin and tired and very old | B |
| Bend down to them in the street and stroke their fur | A |
| And rub their ears and smooth their breast and hold | B |
| Them carefully and gaze into their eyes of gold | B |
| - | |
| For how can they pass what does not ask for love | C |
| But draws it out of those who have too much | D |
| Frustrated souls who cannot use it all who have | E |
| Somewhere too tight and sad within them such | D |
| A tenderness it flows through all they touch | D |
| - | |
| They are the ones who love without reward | F |
| Those on whom eyes are closed from whom heads turn | G |
| Who know only too well they can afford | F |
| To squander love since in the breast it burns | H |
| With the cold anguish every lover learns | H |
| - | |
| So they pass on victims of silent things | I |
| And what they love remains indifferent | J |
| And stretches in the sun and yawns or licks the rings | I |
| That sheathe its claws or sleeps and is content | K |
| Not knowing who she was or what she meant | K |
Francis Scarfe
(1)
Poem topics: , Print This Poem , Rhyme Scheme
Submit Spanish Translation
Submit German Translation
Submit French Translation
About Cats
Cats is a poem by Francis Scarfe. This page includes the poem text, poet information, related topics, comments, and similar poems.
Write your comment about Cats poem by Francis Scarfe
Best Poems of Francis Scarfe