This is an analysis of the poem Your Purpose that begins with:

Your purpose,
Will someday surface....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: AABC AABDd ECFGH ECFGH AABCBDd AABCBDd ABGAGXABGAG
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,5,5,5,7,7,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110 01110 0001 1101 110 01110 0001 1101 01 110 10101 0111 1111 10100101 110 10101 0111 1111 10100101 110 01110 0001 1101 10001 1101 01 110 01110 0001 1101 10001 1101 01 110 001 1101 00110 001100011 110 001 1101 00110 001100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 101
  • Average number of words per stanza: 19
  • Amount of lines: 43
  • Average number of symbols per line: 18 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • 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; wish, if are repeated.

    The author used the same words your, you 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 Your Purpose;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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