An tsaorvéarsaíocht a chleachtar sa dán. Tá véarsaí gearra ag tús agus deireadh an dáin, agus dhá véarsa fhada ina lár. Níl aon rím rialta ach tá rím dheiridh anseo is ansiúd: aonar / féachaint; binn / grinn; as an ghnáth / in antráth; créafóige / fuinneoige
Tá samplaí d’uaim: a bhaile is a bhuanchónaí; dá dhath dá dhreach; fuinneoige ag féachaint; sa chúlchlós, a chorp; colmáin ag cuachaireacht; agus tá samplaí d’aicill: láithreach (deireadh líne 17) prácás (lár líne 18) stáin (18) /shá (19)
Samplaí de rím idir dhá fhocal san aon líne is ea: dáimh as an ghnáth; lá buí Bealtaine le luí gréine
Cleachtadh scríofa Cuir Gaeilge ar na habairtí seo. he is like
we identify with the cat is personified he is stuck in an apartment he is isolated from his nature he suffers from an identity crisis this is an allegorical poem, that is it can be read on many different levels pathetic
they try to imitate other people’s habits he is chased away he is referring to
people who turn their back on their own culture* and inheritance It is like a conversation it is written in free verse he’s inclined to use two words instead of one uprooted ridiculous absurdity satire