This is an analysis of the poem The Odyssey: Book 3 that begins with:

But as the sun was rising from the fair sea into the firmament of
heaven to shed Blight on mortals and immortals, they reached Pylos the...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefgccfafhfXeiiXjkXXlemmXflnmfjkmcXambXfgbgfkoeXjlagXdpjpmXdkjenfnmhnncfemnemXjpombfpcjimcgfhgfnilebpXfhnffhmjnhjijnefbnbfhnffeejhgqcggbhicaggXjjafijjfXbanbneXjfljmXhnckXfgpXneklgmaXomlXhhhXkdXadffmafXocfcfnehofmfabbbljfncbmlXedbmjapgcbmfmocgjpikifhphk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 389,2,
  • 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: 12756
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2366
  • Amount of lines: 391
  • 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; of, to, and, he, you, they, them, his, that, had, i, my, it, our, we, with, for, as, she, can, in, cut are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word my is repeated.

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

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

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  • summary of The Odyssey: Book 3;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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