This is an analysis of the poem The Horses Of Achilles that begins with:

When they saw Patroklos dead
—so brave and strong, so young—...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXbcdaaXeX baXcXcaXXed
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 11,11,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111001 111111 01000100101 10101010110 1010111011 11111111 10101111 1001011001 111100101 010011 1101001100 110101010101110 10010010011 10111101100 100110101101 10101011001111 0101010100101 1110110111 10100010011 11111011000 1011001001001 1111010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 478
  • Average number of words per stanza: 83
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 43 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; their, you are repeated.

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  • summary of The Horses Of Achilles;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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