This is an analysis of the poem A Slice Of Wedding Cake that begins with:

Why have such scores of lovely, gifted girls
Married impossible men?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb Xddd ceXe afbbef
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1111010101 1001001 1011011011 1101001011101 01100111010 110101 0101100101 111001111101 01001100100 1100101 11010100101 0101010100101 11010100010 100111 11111101010 100101 11 0101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

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  • summary of A Slice Of Wedding Cake;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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