This is an analysis of the poem Divisive that begins with:
Is there really a need,
For a segmented and divisive people......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbXccbdX aXXdcbbdX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011001 10110101010 010101 001010010 1010010010 111101010 1001011000010 10101001001010 0100101000010 1 010001 110101 0010011001 101101100100 1 1010 0010101110 000101001001110
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 18
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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 is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word with is repeated.
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- summary of Divisive;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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