This is an analysis of the poem Motive that begins with:
You study to create and generate what?
And which of your deeds have you benefited most? ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXXXaXXaaXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11000111011 110111110101 0011110100 01111100101001 1 10101001 1111 1001101011 1 111101011111 0001101100001 1001010001101 110101011110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 476
- Average number of words per stanza: 89
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
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; and, your, you are repeated.
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- summary of Motive;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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