This is an analysis of the poem The Odyssey: Book 13 that begins with:

Thus did he speak, and they all held their peace throughout the
covered cloister, enthralled by the charm of his story, till presently...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 342,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
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  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 11185
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2105
  • Amount of lines: 344
  • 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; to, you, of, and, his, may, i, me, he, with, her, that, there, they, him, it, us, have, as, we, them, your, in, know, for, she are repeated.

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

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

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

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  • summary of The Odyssey: Book 13;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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