This poem is an example at a concrete poetry.In such types of poetry the meaning is conveyed through the visual arrengement of the words.The chief concern of this type of poem is with the physical apperences of the poem.the concret poetry is also called as the visual poetry because in such poetry the words themselves forms a picture.
In the poem the poet poetrate the image of the happy cat.the letter'A' in the word ear has been capitalized to indicate the upright pointed ears of the cat.Similarly the 'Y' in the word eye suggest that the eyes of the cat are wide open and the U in the word mouth shows that the cat's tongue with the capitalized the poet denotes the picture of a happy cat.The poet's indication that the cat is happy and the content is suggested also by the happy bounings placed letters in the tail.I the tail,the spaces between the letters show white colour and the letters themselves show black clour of the cat's tail.
Moreover the happy cat has food indicated by the ward 'dishdish'.Similarly a dead mouse is indicated by the upside down letters of the word mouse.This means that the cat has already killed the mouse and it's dead body is lying flat.The cat also has the litterbox to stoe the wastages.The ward'stripe' has been used for many times to indicate a long band of colour over cats body.There is a pun in the cat's middle stripe .Pun is the word with two possible meaning .The middle stripe can be read as the stripes over cats body and it can also be read as 'tripes' which indicate the stomach tissue of the cat.
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