This is an analysis of the poem Baggage Status that begins with:

Don't give me rockstar ego.
To drop your baggage status....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDE cfcXXc gffXggb ABCDE XX hbf XXhce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,6,7,5,2,3,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010 0111010 111001101 101 10101 1110101011 1011110101 1101010111 0110010 111110100 110001111 11111111 11111101 0110101 11001101 000111110 10111010 111111101 1111010 0111010 111001101 101 10101 10 111100011 111 1011101111 10011110101 110010010110 11 10010110 1101101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 32
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, it are repeated.

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  • summary of Baggage Status;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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