This is an analysis of the poem The Iliad (Bk I) that begins with:
Sing, O goddess, the anger of Achilles son of Peleus, that brought countless ills upon the Achaeans. Many a brave soul did it send hurrying down to...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,1,3,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 54
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 575
- Average number of words per stanza: 108
- Amount of lines: 54
- Average number of symbols per line: 576 (very long strings)
- Average number of words per line: 108
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, to, he, with, son, achaeans, for, in, it, her, atreus, not, you, on, so, had, his, jove, your, free, ransom, my, who, that, but, him, we, or, them, upon, as, by, from, have, their, some, us, arrows, apollo, bow, down, has, i, therefore, agamemnon, yet, me, whom, prize, let, this, be, take, which, find, own, among, trojans, come, go, nor, achilles, girl, fighting, must, any, better, heart, give, when, may, heaven, sword, anger, minerva, here, if, others, no, they, men, than, man, people, sceptre, now, sons, day, would, all, sea, went, ships, mother, before, weeping, briseis, said, tent, at, olympus, gods, then, should, god, ship, hands, round, up, over, hear, out, chryses, laid, set, hecatomb, drew, she, one, head, juno, till, nothing, our, about are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word thus is repeated.
The author used the same word thus at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of The Iliad (Bk I);
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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