Question

why did the cat drown

from the poem Ode on the death of a favourite cat Thomas Gray


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Answer 1

Answer:

Thomas GrayOde on the Death of a Favourite Cat Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes by Thomas Gray

This poem, Ode on the Death of a Favourite Cat Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes, is based on an actual incident which occurred in the house of a friend of Gray’s. This friend had two pet cats, both of them female. The cats had been given the names Selima and Zara. Gray, in the course of a visit to his friend’s house, had seen these cats. Sometime later, the friend had written to Gray, informing him about the death of one of the cats, naming the cat which had died, and adding that the cat had accidently been drowned in the tub of water in which the friend had been keeping some gold fish. It seemed to Gray that this incident could serve as the basis for his writing of an amusing poem from which readers could not only derive amusement but also draw a moral.