This is an analysis of the poem The Odyssey: Book 19 that begins with:

Ulysses was left in the cloister, pondering on the means whereby
with Minerva's help he might be able to kill the suitors. Presently he...

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 480,2,
  • 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: 15818
  • Average number of words per stanza: 3010
  • Amount of lines: 482
  • 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; it, to, my, you, and, your, he, in, her, i, for, of, with, me, as, there, him, so, his, they, night, who, wash, have, she, had, that, them, one, gate are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, on, sun, so, ulysses are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Odyssey: Book 19;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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