This is an analysis of the poem The Iliad: Book 17 that begins with:
Brave Menelaus son of Atreus now came to know that Patroclus had
fallen, and made his way through the front ranks clad in full armour...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcacdefgeXhijkfccgbXlkmnagXaehhgkfahfdojbfgjaccmpabonjfjXqrhnhanjofbgannmXXsdakXkdafanXfqfkqfraoanajgajcalahrfamrkcafafhtbXcdqlXgncoXXkqXjgafXjbakfeaacoXaajagXXhkccfafhlfsXXnkjlfabafXgkfXgajXnagofjffokfXXkoodgqakgjahfhhjqjfhfXdagftfggaaqqgcfXbaXfacljnrna
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 592,2,
- 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: 19372
- Average number of words per stanza: 3651
- Amount of lines: 594
- 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; of, and, me, you, he, menelaus, his, it, son, i, to, we, in, them, for, with, that, him, spear, on, their, had, your, then, as, who, they are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, that are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines to, i, you, the, of, and are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase it connects the lines.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Iliad: Book 17;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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