This is an analysis of the poem The Odyssey: Book 21 that begins with:
Minerva now put it in Penelope's mind to make the suitors try
their skill with the bow and with the iron axes, in contest among...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Stanza lengths (in strings): 349,2,
- 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: 11162
- Average number of words per stanza: 2133
- Amount of lines: 351
- Average number of symbols per line: 63 (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, of, in, him, he, had, been, it, she, with, bow, her, you, so, i, as, to, for, his, from, my, they, we, have, one, your, them, not are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words they, the are repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines her, the, us, was 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 21;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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