This is an analysis of the poem Purpose And Distance that begins with:
Some say,
They don't know 'what' to believe! ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX ccac ccdcaX dXacXXc XXabXaXXaX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,6,7,10,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11 1111001 1101 11101010 1001010 1100100000100 1011001 010110 11010010100 001001010 1010101 111010 0111 1110000 111101 1100 111111 11101 0111100 00101 110101101 1 111001011 11111001111 10011001 1 111100011 00101110 1110111100 11 1100010010101
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
- Average number of words per stanza: 30
- Amount of lines: 31
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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; to is repeated.
The author used the same word and at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Purpose And Distance;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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