This is an analysis of the poem The Sixth Book Of Homer's Iliads that begins with:

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To this great Hector said:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXcdebbXXaaddeeffggddhhddiXaaaaiiaajjaaXckklliihhffiXfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 0,58,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001101 11011111011111 11011100011111 10010101111101 111100110101101 01011111100101 11001111110101 11000101111101 010100010110101 11010101001101 11010111011111 110111010110101 111101110101101 11010100111111 11110001111101 11110110110111 11111111111101 11110101010100 10110101111101 11011101111100 0100100001110001 11001101010101 10010111111111 010101010110100 11010101111101 011101010101001 01110001011101 01011011111101 11111111010101 110111110111110 01110101100101 11011101111101 101100110100111 1001001101101101 01011101110101 11110101110001 01011101010111 110101011011101 10010111010101 10010111100101 11011101100111 01011101110101 10010111010101 11010101010011 001100110001101010 110101111101110 10101101010101 01010101011001 001101110001001 01011101011101 1101110101001111 01111111111011 10110111111111 10010101110111 1111110000110101 11100011100101 10010101010111 0101010111110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3797
  • Average number of words per stanza: 676
  • Amount of lines: 59
  • Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 11
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; in, and, thy, to, his, of, her, fate are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words , when, in are repeated.

    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.

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  • summary of The Sixth Book Of Homer's Iliads;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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