This is an analysis of the poem The Iliad: Book 20 that begins with:
Thus, then, did the Achaeans arm by their ships round you, O son
of Peleus, who were hungering for battle; while the Trojans over...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaXcdeeedXXfaXaggXgahigjggXkfhlifblfhdiiXmnhajnXlgoefkageicpfpkhafifkfjeiXahhgjjfiicieXfbimdXihgggaacfnckbbmfXXpbklhhjXmfiieeighifhcXihiffnXniailjhhbdlljijfgijdXiXimdndqmqgjXefefdamgfgghhimcXhbfnagnihXeXgqjggfgghXicfpgarhlqigggjesaifigchfgXgbengfXngaelei
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 408,2,
- 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: 13369
- Average number of words per stanza: 2511
- Amount of lines: 410
- 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, jove, in, and, i, you, with, to, his, aeneas, me, him, he, for, my, them, they, on, two, shield, your, it, from are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines of, jove, the, hands are repeated).
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase apollo 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 20;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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