This is an analysis of the poem The Odyssey: Book 16 that begins with:

Meanwhile Ulysses and the swineherd had lit a fire in the hut and
were were getting breakfast ready at daybreak for they had sent the...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcaXdaXbefgaefehiaihbXijgXekXhlXiXhmdkhkhXigXjbbifXggnabccibolhppeXebbmmgmaghqkhpkXfiXdhdbbbbckriohpXgqXfkfqXgehcqlXfblbkgfqrbljfjXblXkfkaimgiXlbXhgahdaalXpjapighiXfadsaikXbbcbfigbkkgXmbgmgkelhkqsXaaXdkXkhfamgagajnhkkfnilfmhghfdbhXkgqdkbkijXgbbkbpahkbapf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 367,2,
  • 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: 11977
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2279
  • Amount of lines: 369
  • 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; and, his, he, him, you, i, come, to, my, her, of, for, may, would, not, she, me, in, there, ten, it, nor, they, us, be, had are repeated.

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

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

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

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  • summary of The Odyssey: Book 16;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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