This is an analysis of the poem Beowulf (Episode 18) that begins with:

A CUP she gave him, with kindly greeting
and winsome words. Of wounden gold, ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbefghiXeaedjjbgaibbibXfXfcefcXhcjkidXgdcehbcbXi ffhfkbXbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 51,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 0111101010 11010101 11001011101 100111010010 110110101 1111101101 0110101101 0011101010 10111010011 100111010 100111010 10100101101 10010010010 011101110001 1100101011 10101001 11011001001 10110111 101001001001 100111101 10100101 1010100101 11011 1101 1010110011 10100101101 101111011 010101101 011111101 1001010001 111111101 1110111111 1111001010 010110101 10111111 10100101 0100110101 11001001001 101001010 10110010100 100110011100 11001111001 11101001111 10010101001 110111111 110101001 100101110 1110011111 110110111 111011100 0100111001 111111101 10110101 1011001001 0110100101 01000111101 100011001 11110100 101111010 110110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1247
  • Average number of words per stanza: 217
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • 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; and, of, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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