This is an analysis of the poem Episode 34 that begins with:

THE fall of his lord he was fain to requite
in after days; and to Eadgils he proved...

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabXcdXXXXXefgXehgehfheaXeifhcebcXXXhfciXcfegedXebefceigidegbeaaefXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 69,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 01001111010 0101101011 100101101 1001001010 1011001011 111110111 1111001010 1101011010 010110111 1111001001 0110100101 1001110010 111110101 10100101101 1010011011010 001101111 10010111 11010101 110101101 1110101101 0101110010 10100111 010111001010 100100101 10011101 0101100111 110100101 1101001010 110111001 10011111 110010111 010111001 11101110 010101001 101101010 1010101101 1011101 111001101001 1001011011 111111001 011110011 1111111011 100110111 10011011001 1010011101 110110111 110110101 0111110110 10110111 1100100101 010110101 1001011101 1000101001 110001111 011110111 110100111 101101110 1100101101 110010101 101101101 001111010111 101010101 1110110111 10110101 0111101001 11111110 101001010 0101101110 0011101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 2807
  • Average number of words per stanza: 526
  • Amount of lines: 69
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (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; to, with, of, me, and are repeated.

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  • summary of Episode 34;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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