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The term “divided” appears in literature with diverse applications that range from literal, physical separation to abstract, symbolic fragmentation. It is often used to denote a simple partitioning of elements—such as in the description of coral mushroom branches split into pairs ([1]) or hair parted elegantly across a forehead ([2])—and in a more structured division, for example when territories, classes, or even administrative units are clearly demarcated ([3], [4], [5]). At times, “divided” also conveys an emotional or ideological split, as seen in intimate relationships being separated by words ([6]) or in the inner conflict of a self torn between opposing forces ([7]). This range of usage—from concrete divisions that segment physical forms to those that illustrate societal or personal fractures—demonstrates how the word “divided” encapsulates both a technical process and a broader commentary on fragmentation in human experience.
  1. All the Clavarias or Coral Mushrooms are good except Clavaria dichotoma which is white, and has its branches divided in pairs at each fork.
    — from Boy Scouts Handbook by Boy Scouts of America
  2. Indoors she appeared with her hair divided by a parting that arched like a white rainbow from ear to ear.
    — from The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy
  3. Now, it is essential to realize that in France the anti-masonic camp is divided into two parties.
    — from Secret societies and subversive movements by Nesta Helen Webster
  4. They are divided into two classes; one class having a centre, the other not having any.
    — from The Declaration of Independence of the United States of America by Thomas Jefferson
  5. We may remark, that when Augustus divided Italy into eleven regions, the little province of Istria was annexed to that seat of Roman sovereignty.
    — from The History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire by Edward Gibbon
  6. " His arms were yearning up to her; but she drew away, and they remained facing each other, divided by the distance that her words had created.
    — from The Age of Innocence by Edith Wharton
  7. He was miserably divided against himself, and strained all his spiritual forces to the utmost to escape from this condition.
    — from Anna Karenina by graf Leo Tolstoy

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