This is an analysis of the poem A Purpose To Be Validated that begins with:

I suppose...
As long as there are those...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcXabXcXXcbcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 101 111111 111011 101 0101010 1011111 10100010 01010 0010001000 10100010 1100 1110100100 0101010 1001010101 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 385
  • Average number of words per stanza: 62
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of A Purpose To Be Validated;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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