This is an analysis of the poem The Iliad: Book 6 that begins with:

The fight between Trojans and Achaeans was now left to rage as it
would, and the tide of war surged hither and thither over the plain as...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbXcbXdebfgXXbhijekkejflmXbggaakiebkXgnkmigeXbnfopXeflXgaqeepgiamlgfgfiiefbokfXabjegmbeeXeXglmijqfiaegqmgrioaXkbdgkfiXXaeleabkdmeeagpdffnkXgekebebaXgbrgeXrXeefkaekaXeXqegaebfbenblXfeofblanriagoamengXckbXXmeeoimerXegeebeXmmgfsaarllbbaipgapqolkqgbmfelkmfgX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 404,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 13374
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2497
  • Amount of lines: 406
  • 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, of, his, he, to, not, her, let, trojans, you, him, would, in, i, with, minerva, had, me, that, be, she, as, your, for, they are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines the, and, he are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase trojans connects the lines.

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  • summary of The Iliad: Book 6;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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