This is an analysis of the poem There's No Photo Finish Needed that begins with:

There's no photo finish needed,
For the one......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABABaBAAC ABABaBAAC bCbCA ABABaBAACAB ABA ABa ABAACABAX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,5,11,3,3,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11111010 101 11010 101 1010 101 11010 1010101 11000101 11111010 101 11010 101 1010 101 11010 1010101 11000101 10100101 11000101 1011101 11000101 01110011 11111010 101 11010 101 1010 101 11010 1010101 11000101 01110011 110100101 11111010 101 11010 11111010 101 1010 11111010 101 11010 1010101 11000101 01110011 110100101 11111010 1
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 172
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 49
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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.

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

    The author used the same word there's at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word time at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of There's No Photo Finish Needed;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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