This is an analysis of the poem The Iliad: Book 4 that begins with:

Now the gods were sitting with Jove in council upon the golden floor
while Hebe went round pouring out nectar for them to drink, and as...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefgbhigjXiklieibgXmfllflehkmknXXomnpkhcdmaXpppXmbplXXfXXmqpXehriXqbXgbbqseampfdrXepmcqXiprljmlbpmmpelkambblmbtkmbseaccosesfaXbcsXhkmXclXprkXebmihXliopqmfpnhmplmlfgqXcXjfmXeekbnkXqmsaXfpfsebXeiafXppurjjmfciaiXkcmcisbmboabfXlbvlXelbmpkXXpqlrhpfmsapsepXe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 414,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 13515
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2523
  • Amount of lines: 416
  • 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, we, and, you, to, i, not, them, son, him, your, it, from, had, he, have, in, with, his, their, no, be, let, this, as, give, at, its, by are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words will, the are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines the, as, when, you are repeated).

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  • summary of The Iliad: Book 4;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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