This is an analysis of the poem The Iliad: Book 3 that begins with:
When the companies were thus arrayed, each under its own captain,
the Trojans advanced as a flight of wild fowl or cranes that scream...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Stanza lengths (in strings): 339,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 10936
- Average number of words per stanza: 2022
- Amount of lines: 341
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (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, his, he, of, to, that, your, you, for, her, so, my, as, i, him, not, they, in, let, their, she, me are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words your, you are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines the, and, of, his 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 3;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!
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