This is an analysis of the poem The Iliad: Book 15 that begins with:
But when their flight had taken them past the trench and the set
stakes, and many had fallen by the hands of the Danaans, the Trojans...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Stanza lengths (in strings): 603,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 19693
- Average number of words per stanza: 3712
- Amount of lines: 605
- Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 12
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his, him, you, i, in, to, of, her, he, from, have, would, as, she, me, your, their, it, us, let, had, ajax, with, them, our, killed, son, that, by, at, we are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words them, the, killed, did are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines he, you, his, the, with, to are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Iliad: Book 15;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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