Analysis of Divide The World In Two



Divide the world in two with nothing in between.
Observe the difference among the wide extreme.
There are the generous who pour out like a sieve.
There are the tightfisted who never learn to give.
There are the keen-minded who show intelligence.
There are the insipid who relish ignorance.
There are the controllers who dominate their prey.
There are the submissives who surrender their way.
There are the kindhearted who volunteer a hand.
There are the pitiless who yield no room to stand.
There are the ethical who manifest goodwill.
There are the immoral who cause an overkill.
There are the good-looking who beautify each scene.
There are the repulsive who spook on Halloween.
There are the believers who represent the truth.
There are the deceivers who evidence no couth.
There are selfless givers who help everyone win.
There are stingy takers who seem to just breathe in.
Divide the world in two with nothing in between.
Observe the difference in wondrous and obscene.


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Poetic Form
Metre 010101110001 010100010101 110100111101 110110110111 110110110100 1101110100 11001011011 1101101011 110110101 110100111111 11010011011 11001011110 11011011011 11001011101 11001010101 1101110011 11101011101 111010111110 010101110001 010100010001
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 956
Words 164
Sentences 20
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 40
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 790
Words per stanza (avg) 164
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Submitted on February 05, 2010

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Wallace Dean LaBenne

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