This is an analysis of the poem The Division Of Parts that begins with:

1.
Mother, my Mary Gray,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XabcdacecfdccdgehighihbhhghighjigbhkflifmagnmbbggnXin Xfiailifilohghahohaepdehpeeh XhnXfhnenfegeoeggoejgdqjgndq XkffbkfgXejhjbehhfihXfifehjhfXhhhhihiqihib
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 53,28,28,42,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 101101 1100010 11010 0100010 0100101 000010010 1111 011010110 1110101 00101 1001110 00011 11111101 110110 111111 0101100 1111101 1011101 010110111 1111 11011100 01010010 11011 1110001001 1101 110111011 101001 10010001 1111 0111100 1111101 0110100111 11010 11100111 110101 101001 001010111 11101 110010101 010010 1111101 011101 0100001 1111111 111110110 1110 11011001 1111111 11111 0111100 00101 101101101 1 0101 10010100 110111 111 11101101 00010010 111010 1101 011101 1101 00110110 11011 0110 10110101 0010110 101101 01010 0110111 1111 11101010 11011 1101 111100110 1010110 110101 1101 101010 1 11110101 100100011101 011100 1101101 110111010 111011101 111101111 101011011 010111111 1111111 010001000101 1011011 100101 11111101 110010111 11111010 11101101 11110101 11110111 110101011110 0111000 110111101 110100 1101110101 11111101 11111010 100101001 1 01110101 11101 01011 10101010 10010101 1011101 101111 01101010 010110011 1011001 1111101 11111 110110 101111 11011 1011001 10111 11111 101101 11110111 110101001 11001111 010101010 01001001 1101111 110101010 10011111 0101010 0110010 10101 110011 00001001 11111 1000101 11111 0101 11001100 1101101 011011 1101 01110100
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1050
  • Average number of words per stanza: 198
  • Amount of lines: 151
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, to, and, catch, as, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words your, of, the are repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Division Of Parts;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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