This is an analysis of the poem Beowulf (Episode 08) that begins with:

UNFERTH spake, the son of Ecglaf,
who sat at the feet of the Scyldings' lord, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcdeXXfgXdhdaacffaXhXafaidXX XXjbfkeggbXkfgaakiaXkbaacjjafd X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 30,30,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10101010 1110100101 010101101 1010010101 101101101 11010101 0110101101 10111011010 1100110101 1110101101 110010101 01111101 1111011010 110101001 101011110 0100101110 110010101 10110101 01011010111 110111101 1010010010 11100111 0100010001010 10110111 1110010101 1010101 1111101010 10010101110 010101001 1101101010 10111010 10011101110 10010101 100101110 111101001 11011110100 11110101 111110101 1010111 111111010 10111101 110101011 010110101 11101100101 110010111010 0101110101 1111010101 10111010 10110101 101111101 1010011101 111010111 11111010 101101101 10011111 11010100101 010111011 010100101 0101011001 11010101101 10001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 844
  • Average number of words per stanza: 147
  • Amount of lines: 61
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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, his, of, we, with are repeated.

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  • summary of Beowulf (Episode 08);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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