Pussy-cat

Pussy-cat - meaning Summary

Kidlike Answer to a Question

This very short, playful poem gives a childlike voice to a cat that defines "vices" in practical, animal terms. It frames a moral question and answers it with literal, comic behavior—catching rats and eating mice—undermining abstract notions of vice with everyday appetite. The poem’s brevity and punchline create a humorous, irreverent perspective that invites readers to laugh at human moralizing through an animal’s simple logic.