This is an analysis of the poem Beowulf (Episode 07) that begins with:
HROTHGAR spake, the Scyldings'-helmet: --
"For fight defensive, Friend my Beowulf, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXXcdeXfdgahgfhXhahdXcecbfgeXXXfX cgcggXXc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,8,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10101010 10101011101 0101111111 1101001100 11000111 010100101 1100101011 10111111 10101001010 1111100101 10100111 01101010011 110101101 1001111011 100101110 001011010010 10101111 101101010 001011111 010100111 110101111 1100111110 0010111010 010100101 101111111 11001111 111100111 100101001 110111101 10110111 10100101100 1001111001 10111111 1100101011 1010111110 100100101 001011101 10100101 1010010010 10010101 10111101 101010100 1101001011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 877
- Average number of words per stanza: 150
- Amount of lines: 43
- 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; of is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Beowulf (Episode 07);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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