This is an analysis of the poem In Cliques And Divisions that begins with:

Prancing around and in dance,
They meet in false enhanced appearances......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc DAC BEF faX bdX X c bX XX DAC BEFXccb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,3,1,1,2,2,3,7,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1001101 1101010100 001010110110 101000100011010 001001101 01000101 1011011010 0100010 010001001010010 1101110011010001 11011101 101010100100101 01001010 101010001001100 01001010100 11001 1100 111110011011 0111011 111 010100110011 101000100011010 001001101 01000101 1011011010 0100010 010001001010010 0111 101010110110 01100011
  • Amount of stanzas: 12
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 95
  • Average number of words per stanza: 15
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • 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.

    The poet repeated the same word ' at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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

  • summary of In Cliques And Divisions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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