This is an analysis of the poem Beowulf (Episode 16) that begins with:
AND the lord of earls, to each that came
with Beowulf over the briny ways, ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdXeefghaib bbdjkfXlXXdhfjakXghlXbecleflbbfilXheXmblehna eXddhmnldhXebeheif
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,44,18,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101010111 0101100101 111110111 10110111 01111101 101100111 1110111010 101110101 11011111 11011111 1110111011 011011111 110110101 11110101 001001001010 1101100101 110100111 010111001 0110110101 100101010 11001001010 1001011010 0100101001 00111110101 11101101 10111010010 110101001 100011101 1100111010 1010111110 00100111011 111001101 001001111110 1011111110 1100101101 0010101110 010100111 111111010 11000101 11011101 11101110 010101001 10110010110 010110101 110100111 10111010 111101010 01011010010 110100111 1001011001 111111010 1010010101 11010111010 10111101 1100100101 1100100101 110011101 10101101 10101010 1011101001 110100101 010101011 10110110010 1101101011 01100111110 0100101101 0101101001 10101010010 100010110010 1110100100110 11001011010 1011111 010010100010 1001011111 1010111011
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1036
- Average number of words per stanza: 184
- Amount of lines: 75
- 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, and, he, with are repeated.
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- summary of Beowulf (Episode 16);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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