This is an analysis of the poem Vanitas Vanitatis, Etc. that begins with:
In all we do, and hear, and see,
Is restless Toil and Vanity;... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbbbbccaaddbbeeddbXfffffaaggeeaaaaggbbhhggaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 45,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 01111111 01011100 11010101 11111101 11110101 01000111 11010001 10011111 11111101 010101001 110010001 11011101 01000101 01011111 11010111 11010001 10010101 11010111 01010001 01010101 01010111 11010001 11010111 11011101 11010101 11010101 11010001 10110101 11110001 10011101 11100101 11111101 11111001 011100101 111111001 11011101 01110111 01010101 01010101 11110101 01111011 101111110 100101110 10110101 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 1560
- Average number of words per stanza: 277
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, his are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word now is repeated.
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