This is an analysis of the poem The Challenge Answered that begins with:
So at length the word is uttered which the vain Gaul long hath muttered
'Twixt his teeth, by envy fluttered at another land being great;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb Xbcb decf gece eaca dhah aafa ibgb ijej
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1110101010111110 1011101010101101 101011110100010 10101101010111 1110110010101010 111010100110111 10101010100100110 101010101110111 11111001001111111 101010101010111 1011101011111110 1010111011101010 11101001001111010 101110101010111 1010101011110110 111011100110111 1010111011101111 101010101111101 1011101000101010 101011101010001 0111101011101110 101011101011101 1111111001111010 111110100010101 1111101010101010 111110101011001 1110101001111110 1011011101010001 1010001001101110 111010101110101 1110101011101010 1010001101110101 1011101010101110 101010101111110 10101000011010010 11101010100100001
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 265
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 36
- Average number of symbols per line: 66 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; d, and, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Challenge Answered;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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