This is an analysis of the poem Beowulf (Episode 13) that begins with:
MANY at morning, as men have told me,
warriors gathered the gift-hall round, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.
- Rhyme scheme: abcdbedffccghcXhXigjXiebkhakXclgbXelkgXkgejmecbdgbmechmbbkbbbegnXhgXcbgbkXhbbbngebbXXbgc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 88,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1011011111 100100111 110100111 1011101001 100101101 010010101 1110100101 1010100101 100101101 11100101 100100101 100101001 100100111 11111101001 1010110 010111010 11101010 01101011001 1101010100 100111010 1011011100 101011111 111100101 1010101101 0100111001 1110101111 10100011 010101010 111101010 110110111 010101001 1111011110010 10101101 11010111 100101001 010111001 11001011001 011100111 1110100100 10101101 0101001010 110010101 011011010010 101101101 1001011001 11110101 110100101 11101101001 111011101 10100100101 1100110101 010010101 101111001 110010101 110110101 110101001 1101111001 100110110 01010011110 1110100101 10101101 11011001001 0110010100100 110101101 101110100 1101011010 01001011001 01101110010 1101110101 011100111 10101001 1010100111 1110110111 111110111 100100101 011011101 101011101 0110100101 010101101 1010010111 111100101 110101010 0011111010 01001010010 10100101 0101001101 10101101010 100100111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3640
- Average number of words per stanza: 647
- Amount of lines: 88
- Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to, of, and, with are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Beowulf (Episode 13);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
Pay attention: the program cannot take into account all the numerous nuances of poetic technique while analyzing. We make no warranties of any kind, express or implied, about the completeness, accuracy, reliability and suitability with respect to the information.
More information about poems by Anonymous Olde English
- Analysis of Beowulf (Episode 17)
- Analysis of Beowulf (Episode 15)
- Analysis of Alli Verifiglioli Delle Muse
