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.

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instanceOf poem ⓘ
adaptationBy Andrew Lloyd Webber ⓘ
adaptationMedium stage musical ⓘ
adaptationTitle Growltiger's Last Stand (musical number) ⓘ
adaptedAs musical number in Cats ⓘ
author T. S. Eliot ⓘ
collectionAuthor T. S. Eliot ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United Kingdom ⓘ
endsWith the defeat of Growltiger ⓘ
featuresConflict Growltiger versus Siamese cats ⓘ
featuresElement piracy ⓘ
river adventure ⓘ
genre children's poetry ⓘ
comic verse ⓘ
hasCharacter Griddlebone ⓘ
Growltiger ⓘ
Siamese cat warriors ⓘ
hasForm stanzaic ⓘ
hasHumorType parody ⓘ
satire ⓘ
slapstick ⓘ
hasSpeciesOfCharacters cats ⓘ
intendedAudience children ⓘ
general readers ⓘ
language English ⓘ
literaryMovement modernist literature ⓘ
literaryStyle light verse ⓘ
mainCharacter Griddlebone ⓘ
Growltiger ⓘ
Siamese cats ⓘ
meter varied ⓘ
narrativeFocus a fearsome pirate cat ⓘ
originalCollectionPublisher Faber and Faber ⓘ
partOf Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats ⓘ
plotSummary Growltiger, a pirate cat, terrorizes the Thames until he is ambushed and defeated by Siamese cats ⓘ
publicationYear 1939 ⓘ
rhymeScheme rhymed verse ⓘ
setting River Thames ⓘ
linked to: Thames

a barge on the Thames ⓘ
theme comic violence ⓘ
hubris and downfall ⓘ
parody of adventure tales ⓘ
tone comic ⓘ
mock-heroic ⓘ

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