This is an analysis of the poem Street Cred that begins with:

Street cred,
Embedded never leaves who lives it....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XAXBXC XAXBXC DXC AXC AAAXC DXC AXC AAAXC XAXBXC
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,3,3,5,3,3,5,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11 010101110 11 1011101010 11 010101 11 010101110 11 1011101010 11 010101 010101110100110 11 010101 01010101010001 11 010101 01010110011101 101010101011101 101010111110101 11 010101 010101110100110 11 010101 01010101010001 11 010101 01010110011101 101010101011101 101010111110101 11 010101 11 010101110 11 1011101010 11 010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 143
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word no is repeated.

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

    The poet repeated the same word heads 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 Street Cred;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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