This is an analysis of the poem They Live In Division that begins with:
People of ignorance take no time to learn,
But rush to judgement to incite a fighting done......
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXAb CDcEC cXXDA XAbCAbFAbDAXCDcECcDAbCAbFAbFAbAbA
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,33,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 10010011101 110100010101 11011101010 110010 10 10010001011 0010010101 11 10101010 1001000011101 1100001001101 1110101 00011111 1010111011 110010 1011101001 110010 10 01001100101 110010 10 1011111 110010 10 1010111011 110010 10010001011 0010010101 11 10101010 1001000011101 1 1010111011 110010 10 01001100101 110010 10 1011111 110010 10 1011111 110010 10 110010 10 110010
- Amount of stanzas: 5
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 261
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 47
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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, in are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word people is repeated.
The author used the same word people at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
The poet repeated the same word division at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.
The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The word/phrase people connects the lines.
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