This is an analysis of the poem Beowulf (Episode 20) that begins with:

HROTHGAR spake, helmet-of-Scyldings: --
"Ask not of pleasure! Pain is renewed...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXbXcdadebfaXXgXdhaXdXdgcgiahXffeceeXejjdiXXgjdfchjXXfkcckcaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 62,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10110010 1010101001 01011010 010001010 1101011010 10110101 11001111011 10011101 1010011101 1101001111 01001111110 10010111 100101101 11001000 100101110 101111001 110110101 011110101 111001001 1010101 11100111110 1001111001 00100110111 111101101 110111001 1111111101 110111011 1101001110 100101001 111111101 010011100 011101001 0111101101 100111111 1001010111 110111101 01001010011 1111111010 10101101 0101001001 101111001 01001010101 11000111010 100101101 110010101 1010101111 001010111 1101101011 01110111 110100111 1011111101 010111101 1010010101 10101110 1011111 1010110111 010101111 10111101 1110101011 1001111001 010101110 0101011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2485
  • Average number of words per stanza: 450
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (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, that, thou are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Beowulf (Episode 20);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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