This is an analysis of the poem Vanity Of Vanities that begins with:

Ah, woe is me for pleasure that is vain,
Ah, woe is me for glory that is past:... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabbaXXXXXX
  • 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: 1101110101 1101110101 1011010101 1011011011 1101011101 0111010101 0110011101 11001011101 1101111100 1001110100 1101111100 1111110100 11001110100 10100101100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 579
  • Average number of words per stanza: 107
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; that, and, men are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words ah, and are repeated.

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