This is an analysis of the poem The Iliad: Book 21 that begins with:
Now when they came to the ford of the full-flowing river Xanthus,
begotten of immortal Jove, Achilles cut their forces in two: one...
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- Rhyme scheme: XabcdebafgcXahbijjckjahlihgihghghkkhhajhcmbkcnkabXoXicXboiaoccjcphjcXhghqiboXhchlcoqjrbcaaXhhcckijjnnjnainhjjcXiiohlbXhgshaihXgXXhbbkbhbsiXbnbkkgiotjghbrclrqlXbircllXanannktnrqXcbcXjlikXjkaificbkhoikhkbjjgijjdjiakabbXlccniahhbXakfncnfhsXbjlhjkssibiqnkgkpg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 495,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 16366
- Average number of words per stanza: 3102
- Amount of lines: 497
- 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; and, in, as, he, of, to, them, him, his, had, i, whether, my, you, me, or, son, with, that, spear, it, jove, your, her, us, than, she, on are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words him, me, of, that, the, to are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines the, he, you, and, of, would 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 21;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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