This is an analysis of the poem Brock that begins with:

One voice, one people, one in heart
And soul and feeling and desire.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcca deeeed XaaaaX fggggf Xhhhhe fiiiif
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11110101 111101010 1101001010 110110101 01011001 011111 11010101 01010001 11100101 010010111 11011101 110111 11100100 11010111 01010001 11110011 11011101 110101 11110111 01110101 11110000 11001101 11010111 110101 11101000 101010101 100000101 00101100 11010101 111101 10010101 11010101 100011001 01010111 1011101 010001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 198
  • Average number of words per stanza: 35
  • Amount of lines: 36
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, one are repeated.

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

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  • summary of Brock;
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