This is an analysis of the poem Like Most Folks Stuck Floating On Stubborn Ego Trips that begins with:

Someone has filled your head,
With their beliefs you accepted as reality....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXaX aXXcd eddbe Xccc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111111 0101101010100 01101010101 111001110010 1010100111 100110110100010 110100110100010010 0101010110101101 1110110010001000 1010101001101001 1100111001100 1101010110101001 1 0101110010100 101011101110010 11 1010000000 11011001001011010 111110110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 219
  • Average number of words per stanza: 38
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Like Most Folks Stuck Floating On Stubborn Ego Trips;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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