This is an analysis of the poem Purpose that begins with:
Not for the sake of the gold,
Not for the sake of the fame,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcc dedebb eaeaee fgfgee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001 1101001 1101111 1001011 1101101 1100111 1101011 1011011 1011001 1011001 101001101 101101001 1011011 1001011 1001111 1001101 11011001 01001101 1101001 01001011 01001111 11001001 1011101 01001001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
- Average number of words per stanza: 37
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; not, for, i, be, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word not is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Purpose;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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