This is an analysis of the poem Once It Has Been Achieved that begins with:

There is something to be said,
About being in the company......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Abc adccbca Acedce afaaefae aghXXaX AAAEA dgaHdaXAAAEAH
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,7,6,8,7,5,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010001 011000100 011011 101100010 11011001 11 1111 010100 11101 0110100010 1010001 01101000101 0100101001 10001 11010 010010101 101010001 01100001 01110101 100101000110101 1101010001 1110 10010101 0111101111 111101110100 0010110101100001 001001 0110100101 110001 1011001 101010101 10111001 111010 0101 101011 01011 1001000100111 1101 101001 011 11101010 0100001 10111001 111010 0101 101011 01011 011
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, that are repeated.

    The author used the same word there 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 Once It Has Been Achieved;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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