This is an analysis of the poem Embedded To Stay In Your Head that begins with:

Whatever it was you accepted,
From someone else making claims......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababa cdcXa AADEA AADEA EA aXADEA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,2,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 110011010 0111101 0110011 10100111001 0010000101 10010 01011101101011 1010011111 001010110001 110001001011 111011011101 11011111001 1111010111 10 01001011 111011011101 11011111001 1111010111 10 01001011 10 01001011 101 11011111001 1111010111 10 01001011
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 27
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

    The author used the same word let at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word head at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Embedded To Stay In Your Head;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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