This is an analysis of the poem Hooked To The Bone that begins with:

Something done you did inside me,
Has a hold and wont go....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABcD ceXFegFXgf ABcFefegf AFDFXAFDF
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,10,9,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10110011 101111 1 01001010 10111101 1111001 1 1111001 11111 0 1111001 0111101 0 1111001 10110011 101111 1 1111001 0010001 101101 11011011 0 1101111 1111001 1111001 01001010 1110001 1111001 1111001 01001010 1110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 161
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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; me is repeated.

    The author used the same words something, all at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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

  • summary of Hooked To The Bone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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