This is an analysis of the poem Saturated Yet Split And Kept Divided that begins with:

Saturated yet split and kept divided.
Unable to solve or dissolve their fears away....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ABACDA BDBEFBDBEF EEGG EEGG BDBEFBDBE ABACDA EEGG BDBEF EEAa EhEhAhAHAHhaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,10,4,4,9,6,4,5,4,13,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10101111010 010011011101 11110011101010 011101000101 11111101001 1101010101 101001 1001 101001 1111 010 101001 1001 101001 1111 010 10011110 10001010 0110101 1100101 10011110 10001010 0110101 1100101 101001 1001 101001 1111 010 101001 1001 101001 1111 10101111010 010011011101 11110011101010 011101000101 11111101001 1101010101 10011110 10001010 0110101 1100101 101001 1001 101001 1111 010 11110011011 11110010111 11110010001 11110010011 11110011011 0010101 11110010111 0010101 11110010001 0101010 111100111010 1010010 111100111010 1010010 101011 1 1010
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 65
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; to, they, for, unity, cry, but are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word they is repeated.

    The author used the same words people, they at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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  • summary of Saturated Yet Split And Kept Divided;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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