This is an analysis of the poem Episode 36 that begins with:
WIGLAF his name was, Weohstan's son,
linden-thane loved, the lord of Scylfings,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXXbcadXebXfadbadXbadgheigbbbjklkkXimeknlaXacbicmkanfhcidbXalXXkkoXajlddideaXdddbgdndXdadocX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 92,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 10011101 101101010 1001101111 011010101 110010011101 101001001 11110101 1111001010 011101111 11101011010 11110111010 1011101 111011101 1110111 110101001 101001001 101110101 101011101100 110011101 111110111 1001101100 11111101010 10111101 11110111 0010101001 1100101010 101001101001 100110111 11010111 10110101 1010110011 10010011111 1101100101 00101011001 11010011100 1111100111 100101111 010100111 1101011110 0111011001 1101110101 1101100101 010111010 11111010111 110110101 11101011001 0100111101 010011010011 1011110110 1111101011 010111101 100011101 10111101 010110101 001011111 10101100101 1010100101 11001011110 11111111100 110111010010 010111111 100101110 1010101110 1111111111 11011101 100110111 1111010110 101011101 10010101 01010100101 01010111 1100110111 010110111 110100101 1100110111 1110101101 1100100101 110000101 11011110110 100101101 11111011 1100101011 1111111101 1010111111 010111110 1101111011 110111101 1101010110 1110101101 101100101 11011101 0101001110
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 3876
- Average number of words per stanza: 712
- Amount of lines: 92
- 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; of, to, us, and, thy are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word for is repeated.
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- summary of Episode 36;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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