This is an analysis of the poem In Grandma's Homemade Fruit Cake that begins with:

One has to live a life to know what it is like,
To experience the quality of diversified injustices....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb cddeec XbbXXXea eXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,8,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110101011001 001000100001010100 0110101001 0101100100100010100 1110010010 10010001111 011001101010 11110001 10100011101 1010100000100011 0100 0110110110 1100101 100100011111 1010011010111 1 1011011 0111111 1 01110000110 1110101000100100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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 is repeated.

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

  • summary of In Grandma's Homemade Fruit Cake;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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