This is an analysis of the poem What Is The Purpose that begins with:

Why should I fight the flight of doves?
Or try to clip their wings? ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabccdecddbeXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Metre: 11110101 110111 0111100111 11011101 101110111 110110101 01101 1111010 10010 01011 110101101101 110110110110 111 11010 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 498
  • Average number of words per stanza: 91
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

    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 poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word or is repeated.

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  • summary of What Is The Purpose;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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