This is an analysis of the poem Paris And Diomedes that begins with:

[Iliad; B. XI V. 378]
So he, with a clear shout of laughter,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXXaXXbbbXaXaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,18,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001111 110011010 1001111110110010 1111011011110111 000100110001101011 1001101010110110 111001101101001 11010101101100 110101111101110 0111011110010010 1011011111111010 1110110010010110 1110110010111010 1110010011010110 1011110011110010 1111010010011010 1111010010111010 1001110110010011 101101110011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 609
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 19
  • Average number of symbols per line: 63 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 12
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; thy, of are repeated.

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