poem "Growltiger's Last Stand"
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"Growltiger's Last Stand" is a comic narrative poem by T. S. Eliot about a fearsome pirate cat who meets a dramatic and humorous downfall.
Observed surface forms (1)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
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| Growltiger's Last Stand | 0 |
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf | poem ⓘ |
| adaptationBy | Andrew Lloyd Webber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptationMedium | stage musical ⓘ |
| adaptationTitle | Growltiger's Last Stand (musical number) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| adaptedAs | musical number in Cats ⓘ |
| author | T. S. Eliot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| collectionAuthor | T. S. Eliot NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfOrigin | United Kingdom ⓘ |
| endsWith | the defeat of Growltiger ⓘ |
| featuresConflict | Growltiger versus Siamese cats ⓘ |
| featuresElement |
piracy
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river adventure ⓘ |
| genre |
children's poetry
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comic verse ⓘ |
| hasCharacter |
Griddlebone
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Growltiger NERFINISHED ⓘ Siamese cat warriors ⓘ |
| hasForm | stanzaic ⓘ |
| hasHumorType |
parody
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satire ⓘ slapstick ⓘ |
| hasSpeciesOfCharacters | cats ⓘ |
| intendedAudience |
children
ⓘ
general readers ⓘ |
| language | English ⓘ |
| literaryMovement | modernist literature ⓘ |
| literaryStyle | light verse ⓘ |
| mainCharacter |
Griddlebone
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Growltiger NERFINISHED ⓘ Siamese cats ⓘ |
| meter | varied ⓘ |
| narrativeFocus | a fearsome pirate cat ⓘ |
| originalCollectionPublisher | Faber and Faber NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOf | Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| plotSummary | Growltiger, a pirate cat, terrorizes the Thames until he is ambushed and defeated by Siamese cats NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| publicationYear | 1939 ⓘ |
| rhymeScheme | rhymed verse ⓘ |
| setting |
River Thames
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a barge on the Thames ⓘ |
| theme |
comic violence
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hubris and downfall ⓘ parody of adventure tales ⓘ |
| tone |
comic
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mock-heroic ⓘ |
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