This is an analysis of the poem Beowulf (Episode 19) that begins with:

THEN sank they to sleep. With sorrow one bought
his rest of the evening, -- as ofttime had happened ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdbbefghifbjegbdXfeagaXgakhlafjhbeXiXbbmfbmahjmabbbkXnbbialbbcgXXnab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 70,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110101011 010010110110 110101101 10110111 10111111 110100101 1110101001 101111010 10010101 11101001010 11101111 0100101010 010111111 10100101 10011101 11111101 11101101 01001011001 0101011010 10101001010 0100111111 001010101 11011111001 1011110 10100101 11110101 10111111 01001001001 0101111001 10011111 110011011 010010111110 101100100101 10110101 11010101 11111001 10011110 11010111 01101011010 110111010 1100111101 11011101 11011010010 1010100111 111111001 11110010010 010100101 11110101010 0101111011 010110101 10100110101 1111001111 11011001101 1001011001 11110101 01011111 010101111 111010111 110110101 00101101101 10101111 0100101001 0010110101 1001001001 110101011 11010101 00101001100 10010111 100111001 110100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2927
  • Average number of words per stanza: 520
  • Amount of lines: 70
  • 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, his are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Beowulf (Episode 19);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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