This is an analysis of the poem The Iliad: Book 14 that begins with:
Nestor was sitting over his wine, but the cry of battle did not
escape him, and he said to the son of Aesculapius, "What, noble...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Stanza lengths (in strings): 422,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 13927
- Average number of words per stanza: 2622
- Amount of lines: 424
- Average number of symbols per line: 65 (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; of, and, his, they, to, their, he, it, us, let, night, have, i, we, her, she, in, with, had, you, me, that, girdle, your, our, on, hector, as, him, son, eye, head are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, him are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines the, have, your, him are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Iliad: Book 14;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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