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

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An empty sky, a world of heather,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbc bdbd bebe XfXf Xdbdg dfXf hihi bebX Xiaij XkXk blbl bfbf mcmc Xbibi bXbn eXeX Xoeo aeded hiXi ilil aeieX llll blbl bibX bnbn Xelel egeg blbl dada Xjcjc babX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,4,5,4,4,4,4,5,4,4,4,5,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 110101010 100111001 1101010010 101101001 101110010 101101111 1011110110 100110111 1001001010 100100101 101110110 101011001 11110101 111110101 1110110101 110100101 1 100111100 111101110 1001011010 101101111 10110110010 1100101011 1101110110 0101111001 1010100101 111110101 1010110101 101100101 101101110 1101111001 110101010 1111100100 1 010101011 1000110111 101011111 110100100 1101101110 110011111 1101101010 0100110101 11110010010 111100101 1100111010 110111101 0111001110 110101111 1101111010 100100101 1111011110 111011101 1111101010 111101111 1 010101110 010100101 0101001010 101100111 0101101110 1011101001 1111101010 10101101 110111010 110101101 1011101010 110101111 110111100 011101111 1001101010 011101111 1 010101010 010100101 111011010 11110111 0101011010 010101101 011101010 11101111 1111011010 110100111 0011100110 110101011 1 010101010 010100111 0100101010 0100101011 110111110 110111101 1101001110 110110101 0111001010 110100111 0101101110 010100111 111110110 111101101 10101010 110011000 100111010 110101101 1111001010 111110111 1 010101010 010100101 111101010 110101101 101110110 101001101 110111010 0101101111 111111110 111101111 1101001110 110110111 101011010 111100101 1011011110 111100111 1 1111111010 010101111 11111101110 11010101111 1111101110 010101101 1111111010 111011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 31
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 30
  • Amount of lines: 132
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, crowds, no, ah, and, her, my, i are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words crowds, hey, flit, a, no, round are repeated.

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  • summary of Divided;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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