You Take The Cake by Lawrence S. Pertillar: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem You Take The Cake that begins with:

If I didn't provide you with munchies,
You wouldn't find a munch to crunch....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCB ABCB DEDADF ABCB DEDADFX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,4,7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0110011011 11010101 110101010 101110111 0110011011 11010101 110101010 101110111 1101 0101010010 1101 01011110 1101 1111101 0110011011 11010101 110101010 101110111 1101 0101010010 1101 01011110 1101 1111101 001000011
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 169
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.

    The author used the same word if at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word lunch at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of You Take The Cake;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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