This is an analysis of the poem Roc that begins with:
All feathered things yet ever known to men,
From the huge Rucke, unto the little Wren; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101110101 0011100101 0101010101 1111110101 0011010101 11001001101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 270
- Average number of words per stanza: 47
- Amount of lines: 6
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- 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; from is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word from is repeated.
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- summary of Roc;
- central theme;
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