This is an analysis of the poem Beowulf (Episode 14) that begins with:
HROTHGAR spake, -- to the hall he went,
stood by the steps, the steep roof saw, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdefghbeicXjkjlgXclXcXkbkjgbXXfblmihkklablcXhibmXamX XdeXnXXbnlj
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 55,11,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10100111 11010111 10011101 100111001010 010101010 1110101111 10110010010 011111101 111111101 111111001 111101001 1111111 111101010 101011010 010010101 101010111 1110111101 1111011111 1001001001 0110101110 10100101000 00100111011 0101111001 1111101110 011111101 100111111 1111111010 110110101 110101011 0111111101 1101011010 1101001110 10111010 101011100 1110111001 10011101 11110111 01001010001 10110101 101010111 1100100101 110111101 111101011 100111011 0101011011 010010110110 110110101 11101101 101110111 1010101101 100111011 10101010 01011111 10111101 101010110110 110101010 010100101 11001101110 1011101110 1010010001 0010101110 1010100110 10101111 111100111 11101101 11011001001
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1369
- Average number of words per stanza: 245
- Amount of lines: 66
- 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; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Beowulf (Episode 14);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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