This is an analysis of the poem With A Motive Not To Be Provoked that begins with:

There are people with a motive,
To be......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABCDD ddDD EEdfFEE aBcGGGG EGG EFGG ABCDDGGGG ABCDDGG FdDDGG FdDdGXdFdDdG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,7,7,3,4,9,7,6,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11100010 00 101 110100010 10100010 111101010 011101 110100010 10100010 0101010101 1111111011 011000010 10110000 011110001 010100100 010100100 101010 00 01 110010110 110010110 110010110 110010110 0101010101 110010110 110010110 1111111011 011110001 110010110 110010110 11100010 00 101 110100010 10100010 110010110 110010110 10010110 10010110 11100010 00 101 110100010 10100010 110010110 10010110 001010001 1 10100010 10100010 110010110 10010110 001010001 1 10100010 1 10010110 1 001010001 1 10100010 1 10010110
  • Amount of stanzas: 11
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 63
  • 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, this, and, doing, free, without, limits are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words this, and, doing, many are repeated.

    The author used the same words there, with at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines committed, diminishes, limits are repeated).

    The poet repeated the same words committed, limits at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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  • summary of With A Motive Not To Be Provoked;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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