This is an analysis of the poem The One Certainty that begins with:
Vanity of vanities, the Preacher saith,
All things are vanity. The eye and ear... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XaabXaabXcddcX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Metre: 10001000101 1111000111 1001011111 1101110101 0111011100 0110111111 1101111101 1111001101 0101011101 01010101100 1101011001 0101010101 0111110011 1101011111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 586
- Average number of words per stanza: 117
- Amount of lines: 14
- Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of The One Certainty;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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