This is an analysis of the poem Motivation that begins with:
For 'what' do I need you?
You are the one who used me to create, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: a bcde a ffXf X ccdf a fghfihXaia aabX X bX XX gbbbj XX Xj X Xe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,1,4,1,4,1,10,4,1,2,2,5,2,2,1,2,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111111 1101111001 11011101 0011011100 0101010111 111111 1001001001 10110010111 0110010001 011010101001 111111 01110101011 00101111 0100100 0010111101 111111 1111101 1111000100 11111111 110111 010111111 1110011111 101111110 11011 011010111 1 1 111111 11 11101 10001 101 10 1 101101000 1 1101 110101 0110101 001110110010 1 11111 11 1101011 10101 110 11011
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 73
- Average number of words per stanza: 14
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; you, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase you connects the lines.
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- summary of Motivation;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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