This is an analysis of the poem Beset By Fenced In Divisions that begins with:

Your criteria and mine,
To live a life of significance......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xab cbacdXeeXaad
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1010011 010100100 111001101010 11011101 001001110010 010110100101001 111010010111 001000001 1110100010010 0010100010 1100100001101 1011010101 01110001 101011111001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 182
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; to is repeated.

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  • summary of Beset By Fenced In Divisions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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