The best analysis of Lincoln use of structure and his purpose of using it is that he uses a ton of parallelism and powerful word choice to back up his claim.
Lincoln's purpose was to bring the divided America back together by reflecting on the consequences of the civil war. He strikes a fairly upbeat tone for his audience, which includes those who are reading the inaugural address and others who are curious about "American history and the Civil War". "All dreaded it, all sought to avert it", says President Lincoln in the opening sentence of this paragraph, which underlines his views through the use of parallelism.
The purpose of a parallel structure is to bring together the opposing sides of a conflict by connecting them via a sympathetic theme.
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