This is an analysis of the poem Beowulf (Episode 26) that begins with:

BEOWULF spake, bairn of Ecgtheow: --
"Lo, we seafarers say our will,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcadeeafdcgXfcdheXicXbcacXciacecgjdcfbheccXfXcXefceceffXeXegecXcgjXej
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 71,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111010 101110110 11111111 10011111 1011111011 010111110011 10111101 10111111 110111101 00101100101 1101001111 1111110011 101010111 10011010011 100111100 010010111 11111111111 1001101110 1101111101 0110110101 010110101 1010111 11110111100 11100101 101010101 101111010 01100101111 11101101110 11011101 010011101 110111110 11011011011 10101101 110100111 110111111 1110100111 11010111101 0100101011 11100111110 10011111 111001101001 111110101 11110111 11101011001 1101100101 1011110101 100111110 011111101 11011001010 0100111001 110110101 111001001010 100110101 11010101 10101101 111011101 00101010010 1110111100 1111101001 1110110101101 011101101 100101010 10011111 100111011 1001101110 100101101 10110010010 111010101 11011101100 10011011110 0101100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2961
  • Average number of words per stanza: 554
  • Amount of lines: 71
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, of, by, in, his are repeated.

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

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