Analysis of The Great Divide
All things can not
always be so great
as that is not
the natural state.
An opposite
will always instigate
forming a fear
to keep you straight.
On a razor's edge
you can not sit and wait
so keep moving forward
propagating your fate.
Scheme | AB AB XB XB XB XB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 1111 1111 01001 1100 1110 1001 1111 10101 111101 111010 10011 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 227 |
Words | 44 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 2, 2, 2, 2, 2, 2 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 31 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
About this poem
Life is a balancing act between joy & woe. As the Blake poem goes, “when this we rightly know, through the world we safely go”
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Written on May 11, 2011
Submitted by Michaelmatalon on September 06, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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