This is an analysis of the poem Caedmon's Hymn that begins with:
Nu scylun hergan hefaenricaes uard
metudæs maecti end his modgidanc ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXXXaXXXb XXXXaXXXX b aXXXbXccc Xa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,1,9,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101010001 101010100 11000111010 10101100 11011010 10111010 1100101 101011 10101100001011010 110101001 101010100 11000111010 10101100 111110 10011010 1100100011 101011 10101100 1010010 111101001010 0100010101 01001001011010 0010101000010 1101010101 10101010010 1101010011 001011001 011100101 00010101010
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 155
- Average number of words per stanza: 25
- Amount of lines: 35
- Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , the are repeated.
The author used the same word nu at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines is repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Caedmon's Hymn;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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