This is an analysis of the poem They Want To Dominate that begins with:

So fractured are they.
So split and divided within their walls....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXcXXXXdcecXXfdgdcagaebXebfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 29,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11011 1110100111 10101110 11110 01010100 1100101000 01001011 0010010 10100111 101010 11001 1101 11010 01110101001 11011 010101 1111000100100 11010101 010010 101 101010 011011000 110101 1101 1001110 01100011 11010101 001001011 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 852
  • Average number of words per stanza: 143
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • 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 used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word so is repeated.

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  • summary of They Want To Dominate;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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