This is an analysis of the poem Until Someone Is Challenged that begins with:

It is a place of routines.
A job daily done....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbbb cXXba cXa ccdXXebb aXb XXfdf fff ffXffeXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,3,8,3,5,3,8,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 0001001 01101 01 11011 011101 1101111 101010 0110101110 11 10101011 010110100 111111 0111 10111 101 1100010 110111001011 11110010100 010011110111 0100101001000111 100011001 1010100101 11111 111111 1011101 001000 0011001001 1101 01110100010 10101001 10111 111011 011101111 010001101010 01111100 11 001 1010110100 110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 127
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (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; they is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, or are repeated.

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

  • summary of Until Someone Is Challenged;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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