This is an analysis of the poem Challenge that begins with:
Life is a challenge to the bold,
It flings its gauntlet down...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcX dcdcee fbfbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010001 010101 11101111 110101 01110001 001101010 10010111 110111 01010111 010101 00010011 11010101 10010101 110111 01010101 111101 01110101 11110101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 187
- Average number of words per stanza: 38
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, its are repeated.
The author used the same word life 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 Challenge;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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