This is an analysis of the poem Falling Apart that begins with:
They are falling apart.
Greed has split them into pieces....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AbXcdbbbb AeaaXaccdcX adabXcdcaea Aaeaea XX abacX cX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,11,11,6,2,5,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 111001 11100010 1101 1110101 1111011001 01 0101010 00010111 100101 111001 101011010 0101 0001001001111 1010011 110101010 0101101 1111011011010 100110 1011 01110101001 1110011101 011110 110101 11001 100010 010010 10110101 11101001 1101001011 101011 111001 111001 00101101 111010110010 10100001 11010010110 1101010010101001 11001 1011 101010001 101000010 001000100 11110 110100101 111001100 0111
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 206
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 46
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they is repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.
The author used the same word they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Falling Apart;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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