This is an analysis of the poem Challenge And Intrigue that begins with:
If not for challenge and intrigue,
An interest in the opposite sex......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xabacac dcbeXXa XX de bbXX dX XffaXbX dg aagcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,2,2,4,2,7,2,5,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01110101 1100001001 11 0101 01111 101101 101010110 11 1001100 1001101 11011110 0111 111111 10101001 11010 0111111 1 1111 111001 01010100100 1101010101010 111 1 1 1 1110010 101010 01101 011110 00101010 101 1 11 1110 101110 0101111 010 01110
- Amount of stanzas: 9
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 97
- Average number of words per stanza: 18
- Amount of lines: 38
- Average number of symbols per line: 22 (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.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Challenge And Intrigue;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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