Analysis of Clash In Arms Of The Achaians And Trojans
George Meredith 1828 (Portsmouth, Hampshire) – 1909 (Box Hill, Surrey)
[Iliad, B. XIV. V. 394]
Not the sea-wave so bellows abroad when it bursts upon shingle,
Whipped from the sea's deeps up by the terrible blast of the Northwind;
Nay, nor is ever the roar of the fierce fire's rush so arousing,
Down along mountain-glades, when it surges to kindle a woodland;
Nay, nor so tonant thunders the stress of the gale in the oak-trees'
Foliage-tresses high, when it rages to raveing its utmost;
As rose then stupendous the Trojan's cry and Achaians',
Dread upshouting as one when together they clashed in the conflict.
| Scheme | X XAXABABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 100111 1011110011110110 110111101001101 11110011011011010 101101111011001 111110011010011 1010111101111 11101001101 11111010110010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic octameter |
| Characters | 541 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 47 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 212 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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