Eat Me by Patience Agbabi (Edexcel A-Level English Literature): Flashcards
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'Eat Me' allusion
'Eat Me' allusion
Alice in Wonderland
Number and type of stanzas
Number and type of stanzas
Ten tercets (three-line stanzas)
Rhyme scheme pattern
Rhyme scheme pattern
AAABBBCCC (slant rhymes)
Three metaphors for speaker
Three metaphors for speaker
Jacuzzi, breadfruit, desert island
Simile for hips movement
Simile for hips movement
Judder like a juggernaut
Key theme: partner's treatment
Key theme: partner's treatment
Objectification and control
Poem's ironic ending
Poem's ironic ending
Size he cultivated becomes murder weapon
Birthday candles represent
Birthday candles represent
Weight in stones (not age)
Speaker's narrative tone
Speaker's narrative tone
Resigned and detached
Final line 'nothing to eat' suggests
Final line 'nothing to eat' suggests
End of control/her ongoing emptiness