This is an analysis of the poem The Odyssey: Book 1 that begins with:
Tell me, o muse, of that ingenious hero who travelled far and wide
after he had sacked the famous town of Troy. Many cities did he visit,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcdefagehbibeicijhcbckbecglihimcXbebmnkopdbqceaXefnrkochiaXnaokgoeflXceaaqqacaokabjiickfhdXokmebcaooahkbahaccclXeaqfebnoceehfpngqmXgknekkaenabcehfgadanfqkkXcoieXbgckmfiXechdcckcbhmnckkbisXcXjXcccecjiolfccgiiiehlhnlcimanacfeeaXiikeelXebdnXaobkjeacbkkemana
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 330,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 10830
- Average number of words per stanza: 2068
- Amount of lines: 332
- 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; he, and, his, him, of, to, that, she, some, for, you, her, them, me, tell, i, have, my, on, your, in, by, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word you is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines the, i, he are repeated).
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Odyssey: Book 1;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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