This is an analysis of the poem The Iliad: Book 13 that begins with:

Now when Jove had thus brought Hector and the Trojans to the
ships, he left them to their never-ending toil, and turned his keen...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcdeXfggbhXijabklimcaikhXnahgmmXafakbaXechlhkioccXpfkhacacbgcikdXmlbXqgogirfogiioaomgoohskficltchbshaXhbplicbgklgsabbleaibqcatogXXXqeoadhommoccaamibkbbafrqoimptlscXambgghfoogaacibltgaccXcpXcccXXbdthXgoscdmggofgXgaXbshiXilmcXlXoXtosbcbpgktlXaoibhlciisbXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 689,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 22605
  • Average number of words per stanza: 4214
  • Amount of lines: 691
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (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; he, of, and, his, in, to, their, as, my, by, they, you, it, me, with, him, we, i, have, at, know, hand, son, her, spear, begot, on, one, things, them, had, trojans, has, where, your are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines them, he, the, you, and, him, with are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase deucalion connects the lines.

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