Alliteration is used throughout Eat Me: 'bigger the better' highlight the idea of obesisty and being overweight.
Possesive language is used: 'his' which shows the male antqagonist is objectifying the woman in turn decresing her importance linking to the idea of directly linking to an object and more likey causing sympathy to be shown by reader.
Repetition of 'fat' throughout the poem empahsises the theme throughout the poem ensuring the reader cannot forget about it.
Seventh stanza is particularly stands out with extreme emphasis on the idea which increases the pace which evokes a forceful yet resentful tone.
Ideas regarding imagery regarding water and oceans throughout the poem, the semiatic fied including 'shipwreck' and beached whale' Connects idea of fat and oceans with their expanse and depth hsowing the extent of which the woman has overcome.
Can be interpreted as a hidden power which the woman has and the man doesn't appreciate until he is drowned towards the end of the poem.
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