This is an analysis of the poem Agamemnon In The Fight that begins with:

[Iliad, B. XI. V. 148]
These, then, he left, and away where ranks were now clashing the thickest,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXbcXbX cXXcccaX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,7,8,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001111 1111101110110010 101101110011010 1110110100100010 1101010110010011 110111111010011 1000111111111011 1010110011100100 1111001010010011 0110110110011010 10101101010101010 101100101110010 1011010100010110 101101101110011 100101001111001 101111001010111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 343
  • Average number of words per stanza: 57
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (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; up is repeated.

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