Question

Read the poem.

My Cat

A bump of black and white

Is purring in my bed.

And later on at night

I find him near my head.

The pillow quakes and quivers

Like pudding on a plate.

He wakes me up at midnight.

I sure hope he sleeps late!

Read these lines from the poem.

The pillow quakes and quivers

Like pudding on a plate.

How does the simile affect the mood of this poem?


The mood is lighthearted because the comparison created is silly.


The mood is chaotic because the comparison is difficult to understand.

The mood is angry because the cat is being disruptive.


The mood is happy because the cat is being loving.

Answer 1

the mood is lighthearted because the comparison is silly

Answer 2

The answer is:

The mood is lighthearted because the comparison created is silly.

A simile is an explicit comparison between two different things to make a description more resounding. It usually uses words such as like, as, than, and verbs similar to resemble.

In the lines from the poem "My Cat," the narrator creates a cheerful mood in a simple analogy: the movement of the cat on the pillow and the movement of pudding on a plate.