Analysis of Odysseus' Fate
Konstantin Nikolaevich Batiushkov 1787 (Vologda) – 1855 (Vologda)
Through horrors of land and horrors of sea
Bereft and wandering, Odysseus,
God-fearing wretch, sought Ithaca;
Unfaltering, he plunged into the gloom of Hades;
The roar of fierce Charybdis and underwater Scylla's groans
Shook not his noble soul.
His patience vanquished cruel fate, it seemed,
And to the dregs he'd drunk the bitter cup.
It seemed the heav'ns were done with testing him
And drove him softly, slumbering,
To homeland's longed-for cliffs.
He waked: what then? He did not know his home.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101101011 0101000100 11011100 1110101110 01111010011 111101 1101010111 0101110101 1101011101 01110100 11111 1111111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 511 |
Words | 84 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 395 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 82 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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