Cutting Away The Fat by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Cutting Away The Fat that begins with:

When one awakens with eyes wide,
Deciding they deserve a better life to live......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdccefgh ibjg fgiX eXhgfacccc XX cjXbi XX gcgg XXaahdg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,4,4,10,2,5,2,4,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010011 010101010101 100101010 01001001110 01111001010 0111110101 1010111001 11010010 11001 110100100 11111001100 111001 10100100101 0110011010 1111 11001 10111010100 10111 00100010101001 110 0100101011 0101 0100011010101 011010010 1010 10010 110101000110 001011110 111 01110101 11110111 111110111001 1000 110100101 110011100 1 1011 110101 110100101 1111001101 011101110 1010010010 100 110111 1010001100 1110010 001000100
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 148
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 47
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, i are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Cutting Away The Fat;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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