This is an analysis of the poem Beowulf (Episode 28-30) that begins with:
HASTENED the hardy one, henchmen with him,
sandy strand of the sea to tread...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdefgXbhibjbcbadjkfbebljmelkbmjbnXXbgmogbcfpnpbakjcfcbijbgbmXbgbjqkbcdcfjkmcdbbdcgbbqacXfccmagbjgXgnegrinjbcancofafbbccnagngfnebjgfmbbpcbbafXkXbXdghcnmrojfpebfqbmagXqmcdbfbbcblnfp
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 181,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1001011001 10100101 111101110 11011101 010100111 1010110101 100100101 100100100 10101101 1100101010 010101101 100101101 0100111010 1101011001 10101111010 111110101 111100101 010101010 110111010 100100111 00100101001 011100101 0010111001 1100100111 101011111101 11101001110 1001100101 100101011 1110101 001110101 1111011010 111101111 11101110010 11001101011 010101101 1111111110 101101010 10111001001 010111001 101011011 11110111110 1011101010 1001011101 111001010 1011111111 0010100101 01011111 100100101 110011101 111101101 0110110111 010001011110 110110101 11110100111 101101101 10110101 111010101 100101010 010101110 111111010 10011101 11001001001 1110011010 10100101 10101101 0100111111 101011010 1111101011 110110101 101001001001 11101001001 10100101101 100100111 1110111110 111110010 10111101 011110101 100111111 11001101110 1110111101 1110110101 101100101 10101101 111100111 11111111 100111010 0010110101 1001101011 11001111001 101001011010 10100101001 100101001 10010110010 1100100111 1110111101 0101101010 1100110101 10101001110 1001111001 100110111 110101111 10011101 10111111 100110101 10111101001 100111101 110111101 10010110010 11001101010 1101011010 1110111111 11100111 111111001 01011101010 0111101111 101001011 11001111011 11001110010 1101001010 101011001001 10100111 11101001001 01011101111 1110101 101010111 11010101 10111001 01011101 0100101111 111100011 11001111010 110110101 111101001 1111101101 101010101 1110110101 1010101 10100101111 110100101 10100101 0100101111 1111010111 1111101110 110100101 101001100 100111110 011101110 1001001101 11000111111 11011011001 10100111 110101111 100101011 1111011101 010110110 010101010 111101101 11101011010 010101011 010110101 10100111 111101101 1101011111 10111001 011110101 1110010101 11011010010 01111001001 0101111101 1101001101 01010110110 11001011011 1100101101 111100101 101101110 1010100101 0111000101 010101111 11011011111 10100101001 110101101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 7472
- Average number of words per stanza: 1343
- Amount of lines: 181
- 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; by, to, of, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, my are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Beowulf (Episode 28-30);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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