This is an analysis of the poem A Challenge that begins with:
The luminous pages of all story prove
High love hath ending in heroic woe; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaXXcddc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 01001001101 1111000101 11011111101 01010100101 1011011111 1011110101 1011011111 1011110101 1101111101 0101110100 1011110111 11111111001 1001011111 1011111011
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 626
- Average number of words per stanza: 117
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of A Challenge;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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