This is an analysis of the poem Beowulf (Episode 24) that begins with:

BEOWULF spake, bairn of Ecgtheow: --
"Lo, now, this sea-booty, son of Healfdene,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXabXXcacdaefdaghifhcdibgXjdhdddkedkdfXldcmddhfikhkfhXcgXaajglXjXfgbdadaXcgafdmfblldXhgmffdXdXhfc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 97,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 10111010 10101101010 1010110011 10101101 1100101101 011010011100 010101101 111011011101 101110101 0101101000 101010011001 01101101010 10101111 0101111011 100111101 010101111 11111011100 1011101111 01110111101 110111111 1001110101 111101101 110010111 11111101 10101101 1111111110 10101111110 10100111 1011111010 10110100101 101110111 0111010101 101101011 101001000101 10110101 11101110101 1010111 11111101 011111011000 10101010 10110101 010101101 01101001010 11010101 010101101 110101111 1010111 101110111 10101001 1011111111 101101110 0110110101 001011101 1111111101 111101010101 1101 1010101010 101011 1010111011101 010 01100101 001001111001 01101001010 11111111010 110100100 1111001011 0101111101 10100101 110100101 0101011001 011111101 011111011 01111101110 10101101 1100111110 0100110111111 10110101 101010101 00100101010 0111011011 111011001 0100100111 010100111 011100101 1001011001 1001101100 010010101 11100110111 10111101 1101011110 0101100101 110011110 110111001 1011101010 010101011 11001101001 1001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3985
  • Average number of words per stanza: 727
  • Amount of lines: 97
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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, to, no are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, to are repeated.

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  • summary of Beowulf (Episode 24);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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