Explanation: Poem - Macavity The Mystery Cat Video Lecture | Crash Course for Class 8

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hey everyone and welcome to beaming
notes and today we're going to take a
look at the summary of the poem macavity
the mystery cat by lamas Stearns Eliot
summary stanza one macavity is a mystery
cat is called the hidden paw for he's
the master criminal who can defy the law
he's the Battlement of Scotland Yard the
flying squads despair for when they
reached the scene of crime macavity is
not there Tomas Stearns Eliot describes
a mysterious cat of extremely villainous
characterization in his poem Macavity
the mystery can't this cat is known by
the name hidden paw as he is the
criminal mastermind who disregards law
he is an enigmatic figure too even the
specialized detective agencies of the
world like the Scotland Yard and the
Flying Squad these agencies had accepted
their defeat by this clever cat and
therefore his considered as the
Battlement of the Scotland Yard for when
they reached the scene of crime macavity
is not their macavity is too clever to
be caught and he's nowhere near at the
crime spot summary stands a true
macavity Macavity there's no one like
the cavity is broken every human law he
breaks the law of gravity his powers of
levitation would make a fakir stare and
when you reach the scene of crime the
cavities not there you may seek him in
the basement you may look up in the air
but I tell you once and once again
Macavity is not there
the poet says that Macavity disobeys all
human laws and also the law of gravity
his levitation is so powerful that it
causes a fakir to stare bewildered but
when the crime sport is reached a cavity
is not there the poet says that we may
search him in the basement or we may
look up in the air but Macavity is not
there summary stands at three the
cavities a ginger cat is very tall and
thin you would know him if you saw him
for his eyes are sunken in his brow is
deeply lined with thought his head is
highly domed his coat is dusty from
neglect his whiskers are uncombed his
sways his head from side to side with
movement like a snake and when you think
his half asleep is always wide-awake TS
Eliot describes matterr that he is a
ginger cat was both tall and thin he can
be recognized from his eyes he can be
recognized from his eyes which are
deeply sunken in this cat has lines on
his forehead steeped with thoughts he
has a head that is highly domed while
his coat is untidy and his whiskers
uncombed Macavity moves like a snake and
whenever he is mistaken to be asleep he
is wide awake
summary stanza for macavity Macavity
there's no one like macavity for he's a
fiend at feline shape a monster of
depravity you may meet him in a
by-street you may see him in the square
but when a crimes discovered than
McCafferty is not there the poet says
there is no one like Macavity he's a
devil in disguise of a cat he's a
monster of wickedness one may meet him
in a by-street or in the square but when
the crime is discovered Macavity is not
there summary stanza 5 he is outwardly
respectable they say he cheats at cards
and his footprints are not found at any
file of Scotland Yard's and when the
Ladas looted or the jewel case is rifled
or when the milk is missing or another
Peaks been stifled or the greenhouse
glass is broken and the trellis passed
repair a there's the wonder of the thing
the cavity is not there macavity
footprints are never to be found in any
file of the Scotland Yard's here the
poet mentions some of his crimes he says
that Macavity is the one behind looting
the ladder or the jewel case he is also
behind the breaking of the green house
glass and the trellis also when the milk
goes missing or Peaks being smothered it
is Macavity to be blamed the most
surprising factor that connects them is
that when the offence is discovered
Macavity is not there
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summary stanza six and when the Foreign
Office find the treaty gone astray or
the Admiralty lose some plans and
drawings by the way there may be a scrap
of paper in the hall or on the stair but
it's useless to investigate a cavity is
not there and when the loss has been
disclosed the Secret Service say it must
have been macavity but he's a mile away
you'll be sure to find him resting or a
licking of his thumbs or engaged in
doing complicated long division songs
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when the Foreign Office's treaty is not
found or the Admiralty loses some plans
and drawing it is useless to investigate
as they all know that the mastermind
behind this act is in doubtedly burr
cavities but Macavity is a mile away
from the scene of crime he's neither
relaxing or licking his thumb or as
occupied himself in solving complicated
long division sums summary stanza six
macavity Macavity there's no one like
Macavity there never was a cat of such
deceitfulness and suavity he always has
an alibi and one or two to spare at
whatever time the deed took place
macavity wasn't there and they see all
the cats whose wicked deeds are widely
known I might mention MUNGO JERRY I
might mention griddled own are nothing
more than agents for the cat who all the
time just controls their operations the
Napoleon of crime
the final stanza of the poem states that
there has never been a cat of such
deceitfulness and tactfulness the
cavity's always ready with an alibi or
two and when the crimes are discovered
macavity is not there TS eliot talks
about other wicked cats namely MUNGO
JERRY and riddle bone who are nothing
but agents of macavity the Napoleon of
crime poetic devices Eliot uses many
literary techniques to make the poem
appear humorous to the readers instead
of using a human as the main character
he uses a cat and attributes human
qualities to it the list of literary
devices used in the poem is analyzed
below simile a simile is a figure of
speech in which two dissimilar objects
are compared and the comparison is made
clear by the use of the terms like like
such as and so on he sways his head from
side to side with movements like a snake
is a fine example of simile in this poem
for sonification attributed human
qualities to some inanimate object is
known as personification they say he
cheats at Kahn's is an example of
personification like a human the poet
suggests that Macavity plays cards and
cheats at them the reader know that a
cat cannot play cards but it can break
any human law and get away with it the
use of an throw morrison makes the poem
seem unrealistic but humorous the
repetition the lies Macavity is not
there has been repeated a number of
times in the poem
don't force eyes on fact that the cat is
still clever to be caught
the cavity macavity there's no one light
macavity there's another line which is
repeated in the poem to highlight the
fact that there is only one criminal
mastermind and that is a cavity alone
the rhyme scheme of the poem a cavity
the mystery cat is a abb it is a lyrical
poem
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