This is an analysis of the poem The Odyssey: Book 9 that begins with:

And Ulysses answered, "King Alcinous, it is a good thing to hear a
bard with such a divine voice as this man has. There is nothing better...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 455,2,
  • 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: 14853
  • Average number of words per stanza: 2930
  • Amount of lines: 456
  • 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; and, my, i, of, it, her, me, in, as, we, had, on, them, they, lotus, to, ships, have, there, with, he, you, for, or, his, him, all, your, us, our are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words with, was, the, and are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Odyssey: Book 9;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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