This is an analysis of the poem Tracked Or Not that begins with:

There's nothing like the feeling of being tracked.
And those doing it are not in camouflage....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbb acdXbX eacadXaeca
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010100101 11100110101 0111 11010110111 11010101010101 0110010001011 11100100 00101100111100 01001 1010011001001 1111011101101 11010101 101101100100 1111001011011 110 111 110000101001 111101111100 1011010010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 193
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • 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; and is repeated.

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

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

  • summary of Tracked Or Not;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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