This is an analysis of the poem The Odyssey: Book 24 that begins with:
Then Mercury of Cyllene summoned the ghosts of the suitors, and in
his hand he held the fair golden wand with which he seals men's eyes...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Stanza lengths (in strings): 424,1,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
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- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 9286
- Average number of words per stanza: 1736
- Amount of lines: 428
- 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; he, and, of, ghost, son, peleus, you, your, to, we, with, that, my, she, her, in, had, came, him, it, on, his, our, not, tell, me, i, gave, have, trees, they, their, them, ulysses are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines the, of 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 24;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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