Poem Analysis of That Cake We Bake by Lawrence S. Pertillar for close reading

This is an analysis of the poem That Cake We Bake that begins with:

If it isn't what you wish it to be,
Why is that the fault of others? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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Rhyme scheme: XabXbccbX dbX cedeXa XeX ffdaeXc XXXeb
Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,3,6,3,7,5,
Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
Сlosest stanza type: tercets
Guessed form: unknown form
Metre: 0000111000 10101010 1010101 010010 110110011100 1001111 011001010010100 110010011101 11001001111 11111111101 1100110 11101011101 01100111101 100110111 101010011001 110101101 00100111101 01010100111100 1 1111001 111101 1111 01111010101 01001111 11110101011 1001000110101 0111111010110 11001100101100 1 11010 1 11001
Amount of stanzas: 7
Average number of symbols per stanza: 164
Average number of words per stanza: 32
Amount of lines: 32
Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
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, you are repeated.

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That Cake We Bake by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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