This is an analysis of the poem Divide And Conquer that begins with:

Little has a difference been made,
By those seeking to extend......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabXaaXcdedddaffgfXgchifdfXehce XX ec iecfcXjX fiadhXijX XbckdeXXfkked
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 31,2,2,8,9,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101010001 1110001 10100100001 010001 0010011111 011101001010 1100110100010 111101 00100111001 001010011010 10010100 0101110011101 101000110101 101010 1 10101001010101 101010 011010101 101101000101010 010011001110 101111001 111110100100 10100100111111 0110100 100110100 0101010100110 100101100100110 1101100010110 10101010 011010101110100 101111011 10 1110000 1 11011010100 1111 111110001110 10110100 1010001 10010110 11110100001010 1101100011 00110 11110 11 1011101 101111101 10110010 10011000 111 1010 11101 10 1010010110001 1010110101 1 1101101 110 010101 11 101000101011 111 101 10011001111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 297
  • Average number of words per stanza: 52
  • Amount of lines: 64
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

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

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

  • summary of Divide And Conquer;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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