The poem is about a husband who feeds his wife excessively
He is someone who dominates his wife.
Her only pleasure is by only getting food
At the end of the poem tells us that she kills her husband by rolling over him on their bed and suffocating him
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Structure
made up of 10 tercets (Stanzas of 3)
There is a half rhyme which creates a sense of uncertainty in her life.
There is a repetition of a "c" sound "called chubby cuddly"
Assonance is used of the "o" sound in the 8th tercet which makes it seem as if she is choking - "poured olive oil down my throat"
When the rhymes do not add up it makes the intentions of the husband suspicious.
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Language techniques
Personal pronoun showing she does not enjoying it and it almost makes her seems as the victim especially when she is being controlled - " And I ate, did what I was told didn't even taste it "
a tercet written in italics showing it is a dialogue from her husband.
Euphamism is used to tell that the girl is fat but the word "soft" is being used to describe her instead.
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Imagery
"I was his jacuzzi. But he was my cook, my only pleasure was the rush of fast food" - it shows what her weakness and her love of food is making her husband take advantage.
Water imagery- " his desert Island after shipwreck. Or a beach whale on a king sized bed craving a wave. Altohugh her husbasnd seems to have the power but at the end she is the one who hads it but didnt know until she killed her husband.
" I was a tidal wave of flesh" which foreshadows the death of her husband. The woman represents the tidal wave which is destructive and cannot be stopped . when the wave is approaching it is too late.
There is a contrast of body size- "my globe of a cheek"
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Tone
Throughout the poem the tone is melacholy especially when there is a repetition of the personal pronoun "I" emphasising that the woman is lonely and she is the only victim who is being controlled.
On the other hand, the personal pronoun suggests the woman is in control especially at the end. It almost is a revenge on what her husband had did to her and now she will take her own power as an advantage which is her weight.
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