Formalistic Approach Ode to the Death of a Favorite Cat (Favourite) Ess

Formalistic Approach Ode to the Death of a favored goose (Favourite)     In Thomas Grays poem Ode on the Death of a Favorite Cat, we find many examples of the Formalistic Approach. In this poem, we find numerous examples of alliteration, rime scheme, puns, and creative word choice.  This poem is very joyful and fun to subscribe to because the author is very creative in his choice of words and phrases.     In the scratch line stanza, we figure out where this event is taking place or in other words, we find out the setting.  The cat is standing on a ledge in his owners house looking down into a fish bowl and gazing at gold fish. In this stanza, we find patterns of rhyming. inside this stanza this rhyming pattern is A, A, B ,C,C,B.  In the first stanza they would be the first two lines (side and dyd), the third and sixth line (blow and below), and fourth and fifth (kind and reclind). stock six of this stanza states Gazed on the lake be low (Gray line 6) represents word choice. Gray could feel just stated that the cat...