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

“It’s all very well these ‘ere blessed flim-flammers -
These ‘ere bloomin’ OMERS an’ suchlike...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXabab cbcbdede XfXfdXdgdbg dhdhXdXd igigXbfXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,8,11,8,10,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01101111110 111010110 1010101100 11110111 1010100111111 11101111 1101010101111 10010001 1010001111010 11001000101 001111001010 111111101 11110111101 011110111 11101100001101 101011101 110000111010110 11111100101 1111111110001010 11111101 1110111111010 101111 1 01 11110111101100 111101111 1 1111111111011110 111110111 111110110110 01111111 0111110101110 110011 111011110110110110 111111101 1101011110 0110010111 11111110101110 111111111 111010110101 1110111111 1111001001111 10 1011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 374
  • Average number of words per stanza: 78
  • Amount of lines: 46
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; as, on, to, i, nothin, you, some are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an is repeated.

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

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

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