This is an analysis of the poem Beowulf (Episode 10) that begins with:
THEN Hrothgar went with his hero-train,
defence-of-Scyldings, forth from hall; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdeffggaXgbaehijfhheXgXXgickicdbXcagggXebaXkjX X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 48,1,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110100101 01010101 11011101 100101010 010100111 110101010 110011111010 010111010 0100101001 1110100010 100100101 100100111 101101010 11010101 101110101 10101110111 011111011 100110101 010111010110 110001011 110111100 10101101 110101111 1000111101 10111110 101111010 01101011101 0100111011 10101111 10011111 0011101100 001111101 11111110010 101100101 010111011 11100101 010111101 101100101 11010111 110110101 1101011110 10100111001 111010101 1111101 10110010100 111101010 100100101 111001010 10101000
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1010
- Average number of words per stanza: 177
- Amount of lines: 49
- 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, his, them 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 10);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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