Eat Me by Patience Agbabi (Edexcel A-Level English Literature): Quizzes
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What literary work does the title 'Eat Me' allude to?
What literary work does the title 'Eat Me' allude to?
Alice in Wonderland
How many three-line stanzas (tercets) does the poem contain?
How many three-line stanzas (tercets) does the poem contain?
Ten
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
What is the rhyme scheme of the poem?
AAABBBCCC with slant rhymes
How is the speaker's tone described?
How is the speaker's tone described?
Resigned and detached
Which metaphor does the speaker NOT use to describe herself?
Which metaphor does the speaker NOT use to describe herself?
A prison cell
What simile describes the speaker's movement?
What simile describes the speaker's movement?
Hips judder like a juggernaut
How does the speaker ultimately kill her partner?
How does the speaker ultimately kill her partner?
Rolls on top & smothers him
What do the candles on her thirtieth birthday cake represent?
What do the candles on her thirtieth birthday cake represent?
Her weight in stones
What dark irony appears at the poem's ending?
What dark irony appears at the poem's ending?
Her size, cultivated for pleasure, kills
What does the final line 'nothing else left in the house to eat' suggest?
What does the final line 'nothing else left in the house to eat' suggest?
End of control & her emptiness