This is an analysis of the poem Brand Of Slaves that begins with:

Rome is skin to us as if imposed fate
Its name is branded on our backs yet ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabaaXXXXcbddeXce
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 17,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010110011 010101111 11001011011 1010111001 01110101 10100111 11001010100 100010010100 11101101 0110111111 1111101001 10011101001111010 0011001011010010 111111000101 110110011 11101101 1001101111011
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 709
  • Average number of words per stanza: 132
  • Amount of lines: 17
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines fire is repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase rome connects the lines.

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  • summary of Brand Of Slaves;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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