This is an analysis of the poem Faithful In Vanity-Fair that begins with:

I.
THE great human whirlpool--'t is seething and seething: ... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aabbc bXddc bbbbc bbaac bbaaX X bbee aaXX aaff eeaa XXaaXddee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,5,5,5,5,5,1,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 0110111010110 111110110110 110110110110 111011110010 11001101001 011010011010 110110111010 1011110010110 1110111100010 11111101001 111111010110 1110111110010 110110011110 111011010010 11111101001 011011111010 01100101010110 1110110100110 110111010010 110011001001 1101110011010 010111111010 011111111110 110011110110 11111101001 1 1010101110 1010111010 10101001010 1010101010 10110111100 1011101010 0110101110 1111111011 1010101110 1000101010 10101110010 1010101010 101001101010 11111010010 1110101010 1010100010 10100101010 1011101100 100101001010 10100101010 1011100010 1011111010 110001010010 1010101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 13
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 183
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 52
  • Average number of symbols per line: 45 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; some, silence, lo are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words a, silence, lo are repeated.

    The author used the same word the at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

    The poet repeated the same word fair at the end of some neighboring stanzas. The poetic device is a kind of epiphora.

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