This is an analysis of the poem For The Purpose To Protect Themselves that begins with:

Time spent in hunting down threats,
And depictions of the ever changing fashion choices......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACBA dXbdXbXabXABACBA
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101011 10100010101010 1001010101010 1101101011 010110111011 110101001 1101101001 110101010101 101000101 110001011111 1101100111 101000101 0010101101110 101010010011011 110110111001010 1101011 10100010101010 1001010101010 1101101011 010110111011 110101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 326
  • Average number of words per stanza: 53
  • Amount of lines: 21
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • 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; of is repeated.

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

  • summary of For The Purpose To Protect Themselves;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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