This is an analysis of the poem Cheese Balls that begins with:
Cheese balls!
Sniff them as you lick them, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: A BABAcd D ABABACd D c aAeAeEFeaXdaBABAdCEFA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,1,7,1,1,21,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 101110 11 0101110 11 10111 011101 101 11 101110 11 0101110 11 10111 1011101 101 10111010111 111 11 0101010 11 1101110 0101010 1110101 1101010 0110111 101101101 111 0101110 11 101110 11 1011101 10111 0101010 1110101 11
- Amount of stanzas: 8
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 110
- Average number of words per stanza: 19
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; them, those, cheddar, up, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Cheese Balls;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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