This is an analysis of the poem The Odyssey: Book 5 that begins with:

And now, as Dawn rose from her couch beside Tithonus- harbinger of
light alike to mortals and immortals- the gods met in council and with...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdefdghifgjkliXmimcXmdghkfdadgXdicigcnfhgedcnlnodXdkddXddamffpgfhkmddddmdmXjhnfddkhjXgdbmdXmjddqiginiollXbXirkigjdldnghqgshXdmffmmXcajhthtXdfhaoosnkmfdjgfdXgmfnddXddhhfhauhafqcrlqdigggfdiaouldacqacpnegcdfhXtcgXagXhhhdhmdknlhaoggXchsgmlhhidhdqjddhdhtimdk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 375,2,
  • 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: 12209
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2358
  • Amount of lines: 377
  • Average number of symbols per line: 64 (very long strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 13
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, and, he, to, you, had, his, me, with, in, i, him, it, for, on, that, she, sea, as, be, your are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines and, him, on, he are repeated).

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  • summary of The Odyssey: Book 5;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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