This is an analysis of the poem Beowulf (Episode 04) that begins with:
To him the stateliest spake in answer;
the warriors' leader his word-hoard unlocked: -- ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXcdecffedgebXdagbchieXjigXedkibhjfXddXibXfaXebhXeXeXbjegkfjX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 62,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101001010 0101001101 111100101 110011101 010111101 10100101 10101101 10110101 110011111 011110101 1101001001 10010010011 011011111010 0010011111 1101011110 010001001 10101001010 1110101 10100101 101100101 010011101 101111101 0100101010 0101001110 101011101 110100101 11100101101 1101111000 010101110 1010011101 10101011010 11101101 1100101001 0010101110 101101111 101111111 01111101 111111010 100101101 011001011110 10110101 10110101 11011001010 110010111 1011011110 110011101 10011101 1110101 1001011101 100110111 10101101 110101101 0101101101 101001010101 01010111 10010101 10100111 10101101 1011110110010 01110111 101101011 1011001110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 2569
- Average number of words per stanza: 447
- Amount of lines: 62
- 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, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to is repeated.
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More information about poems by Anonymous Olde English
- Analysis of Weep You No More, Sad Fountains
- Analysis of Beowulf (Episode 01)
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