This is an analysis of the poem Keep It In Your Head that begins with:

What makes you think you can go far,
Sitting, drinking at a bar? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaX BCBCBcX BCBCBCA BCBCBXa BCBCBDBD BCBCBDBD BCBCBCA BCBCBCAXBDBDBDBDBDBD
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,7,7,8,8,7,20,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111111 1010101 1 110 110 110 110 110 11101 1001110 110 110 110 110 110 11101 1111011 110 110 110 110 110 110010 11011101 110 110 110 110 110 10011 110 10011 110 110 110 110 110 10011 110 10011 110 110 110 110 110 11101 1111011 110 110 110 110 110 11101 1111011 110 10011 110 10011 110 10011 110 10011 110 10011 110 10011
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 136
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 66
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; got is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of Keep It In Your Head;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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