This is an analysis of the poem The Odyssey: Book 7 that begins with:

Thus, then, did Ulysses wait and pray; but the girl drove on to
the town. When she reached her father's house she drew up at the...

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbdefggchggibdgjaXbkgfclbXdmngljgaambciXcXdkXdkaoicpmealaXagXbdggngeXgfbXieiliiibjfddiqnaibbciaddeigbXebjkdejdhfekqkXikXgeeqcigqgilXhgdbnmplbgXcfganbbhqidfiefkqadXXamddkpaqiidkXkeigbddkkaXaeefqeklgdbepkaghlfbcXeihqhXgigkjgcbmknfckkkgalXcjXhgXXmcfkbfnjod
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 275,2,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110010111101110 01111010111110 111010101011010 1011001011001000 1111001111110 100000100101010011010 1110100110101011 1000111110010101001 11110011101010011 11010101101010000 11 1000101101010110101 0111110110110001 1011110101111111 11111100011101100 100010110001011101 0110101 1010101110110101 10011101001000011111 10111100 1010110101010110 1111100111011101 010111101111011111 11111011111010101 10011011111110110 1110110111011010 1001110111110100 10 1011011010100011 1100101111111010 00100101100100000 011110100110101010 1101100010101010 010100101110001010 11110110101 100011010111111 110101001101011011 100111010100100110 100100110110010110 10101011100110010 1010011010100001011 10010011000100110100 101010010001111110 010111001101011011 01 10011010010111011 1011001110010 1001111001100010101 00111101110111011 10101011001011011 10100100011111010 110 10111110010011010 1011000111011011 01010101100101101010 11001000101011111 10101100101110100 101010111000111 100101011011101010 111100 101011011011001110 1011001010101110 00101001010110010100 111011110101100 110110100010111 0011101110100101 01101010101001011 111001011001011 010110101001101 110111111010110 001001110010011 100100110011001011 101110110101111 011001001000110110 1000111101100010 10111111110101110 1101010011010100 11111000111101 10110111011000110 1111101101101110 110111111110110 11010100010110100 1101010011101010 110001111001110010 10101101100101111 100100 110100101100110001 11000111000101001 110000101010101110 1101100110110111 1011101011010101 110111001011111 11101101111111000 11101100101010100 10001110100100010 11110101110100011 10101111101101001 1100111101000101 001111000110101 10110111111001 10101011010100 10100100101001011 0110110001100 1001011010101100 1101011011101111 1111011101111010 110011111011001 0101011100010011 11001101100110111 11011101010100 1010101011111011 10011101010100111 1100010010101011101 1001001110001110011 1010011100010 1010001011000110001 01110111101101111 1110100111100111 11010011011010 010101010111011101 111001110101010101 10 1111101010101111 1111000110100111 100101110010101010 11000101 100001110011000011010 101100101001110010 10011110101111011 10110111010111101 111101111011000101 01011110110100 010110110111100 11011000100 1100101101010111 001111101010011 01001111010010110 11110001001010110000 10101101011110110 01111010111110110 0101110011010111 1100101001010001010 1110111111100010 101010001001101 100 1001111101100110 1010010110011111 100111111111101001 10001110000101111 111101111010101011 0101101001001010 101010010011111010 10000110101111111 101000110011011010 001110110010111111 0111101010111011 1101010111101101 1110100010011010100 1000101111010010110 0101101001100101 1111110110010111 1010001001111111 11101110101010100100 100111110001011010 1111101001101001010 10100 10101101001111011000 1111100001001110010 111101010111101 01001010111110111 0101111111111111 1100111101010111010 0010100011101101101 1011000011101101001 1111111110111000110 111010101000011110 111011110110110101 11101001011111011 1001101101001100 101110010101010111 1100101011110100011 111111001111111 111011101100100101 100100010010110010 100100101101010101 01111010111011 010110101001100111 110001111010100101 11011111111111 1101111111001010 1010101010011010010 01010101010101010 101100111101110101 1010100110111001 101011001001110010 11101101101010110 110100111001011111 1001001101011011 11011001001110011 1101011010101111 1100100011011100 100101011001111110 11010011100111001 101011110111111011 01011 1010011100111110 00111101110011 111101111111010 011010011110111 0111101111001010 111100000100111010 111011011101111 11111011011100111 001111001110010 0111110111011010 10011111100111110 110111111011011 011011110011111101 0111101010010001111 01101111011011 1011011111010111 0111010111011001 111111001011011010 11101110110001 111110010110110010 011110111101011000 10111011110011100 10111000101111101111 1010111110111 1011111011100111 101101001011110 0101010101100111 100011001010111110 01001101011101100 101111001111111 11100101101101011 111111011101111 110110 11001100011010110 10111110110100110 1110110111100 10111100101010101 10110100100111101 1011111101001011 11001010001010010110000 100001100101101010110 01100011100010001110 1010101011111101011 11111111111111101 101011101010110110 1110111110011111 011111111010010 010100010010111110 0110011101111101 101001111010111010 00111011101101101 101111011000011001 010110010010111100 1100010101010011 110110010111111 0111011010010110100 11010111011010011 11001111111111011 100010111110111101 01100 1011011010101010 0111001001100011 1011001010001011 0100101011101001 1111110111100101 11011011011110100 11011101001 10101001100110010011 11001001010010010 1101 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 8944
  • Average number of words per stanza: 1684
  • Amount of lines: 277
  • 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; her, and, him, in, you, of, she, by, to, went, bronze, on, being, he, his, they, my, as, had, me, i, be are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words part, to are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines be 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 7;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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