This is an analysis of the poem Sidetracked By An Ego Boost that begins with:
Keep believing you're the last best thing on Earth.
I'm sure to you that has a worth! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXbXXXb cbcX Xbdbb ebedX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,4,5,5,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101011111 01011101 1011100111111010 110111001 110110101 101110101 011010011 011001110101 10110011 1111100 01010101 00101001111 1011111 101010010111 0111110110 1111101 1110111 10101011010001 01011111111 0100100 1011110010 1110100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 213
- Average number of words per stanza: 41
- Amount of lines: 22
- Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Sidetracked By An Ego Boost;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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