Grendel by Anonymous Olde English: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Grendel that begins with:

Then a powerful demon, a prowler through the dark,
nursed a hard grievance. It harrowed him...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: abcacdedffgXg XhgfebdghXXXXdggXcdacffab
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,25,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1010010010101 1011001001 010100110 100100101101 101100110 10010001010 100101101 010110010 00101101101 001101011 11011001 010111101 010010111 1101010101 01100101101 0101010001 1010100110 100100100101 101001111101 0101010 1110010111 1011111010010 00101101001 11101010110 010010110100 11001001111 101111010 101011101 110101111101 110111011 10101011011 01000001011 11110100100001 010110010001 110101001 0111101010 1011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 503
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 37
  • 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; and is repeated.

    The author used the same word so at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Anonymous Olde English

Poems about...
✕