This is an analysis of the poem The Odyssey: Book 15 that begins with:

But Minerva went to the fair city of Lacedaemon to tell Ulysses' son
that he was to return at once. She found him and Pisistratus...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbcdefaghXiajkdkldXaalmdebgldkXXhXbckbXafcgXljnfclobpqjfloXalbXpndhcrcabrbdgdinnddfXodadhegXikXdbadXXcbhedbfgfeXqcnlXrndjddXkpbcqsXgfXlnaXXnjnaqdhjjfaXdboggafXXeaXbnncmfdnbtfdgbfdofnnXhXdjaffffffXncbaXafbnmXaXXhqXlhdkedXlncfeagffdagdnhcbopojgdXXcainqjran
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 432,2,
  • 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: 14235
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2704
  • Amount of lines: 434
  • 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; to, of, you, her, and, your, we, pisistratus, in, he, as, not, for, i, my, his, it, them, had, him, they, me, by, their, she, from, ', would, can, have, that, so, ship are repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of The Odyssey: Book 15;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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