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
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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