This is an analysis of the poem With A Calculated Purpose that begins with:
Some believe it their duty,
To take advantage of others....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ABCDE XXdXfcXdX ABCDEddf XdXdXX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,9,8,6,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1010110 01010010 1011101 0010001 10111 100101010 0010101 01111 001000010 011001001010 1111001 1101110111 100111 10100010010 1010110 01010010 1011101 0010001 10111 1100101 11101010 0111100110 111110 011111 01110010 01111100 10 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 210
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word did is repeated.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase did connects the lines.
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- summary of With A Calculated Purpose;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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