This is an analysis of the poem Getting Fat that begins with:
Bring me back something from the store.
Here's my list, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABC ABA DEDEDBDB DEDEDBDB ABCDE ABADEDBDB ABC ABAXebDBDB
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,8,8,5,9,3,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110001 111 011111 10100101 1110 101 111 100111 111 101111 111 100101 111 100101 111 100111 111 101111 111 100101 111 100101 11110001 111 011111 111 100111 10100101 1110 101 111 101111 111 100101 111 100101 11110001 111 011111 10100101 1110 101 1111011111 01110101 111 100101 111 100101
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 128
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 48
- 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.
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- summary of Getting Fat;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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