This is an analysis of the poem Their Main Focus And Purpose that begins with:

Their main focus and purpose in life,
Is what's between somebody's legs....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbbcX cdXXabX dXceeebac
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 111011001 01011101 1111011 10111 110110011 011011101 010010001001 11110 001000101010101 101001001110100 0011010110110 1110010000101 0111011 0101010010110100 11110011011 110110110011010 11011100010 110111001 0101010 11111101001 0111 00100011110 110100101010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 327
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 23
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; their, and, of, as are repeated.

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  • summary of Their Main Focus And Purpose;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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