This is an analysis of the poem Vanity Fair that begins with:
In Vanity Fair, as we bow and smile,
As we talk of the opera after the weather,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccccdD efefeeggdD ghghbbgcdD ffffiiggdD
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,10,10,10,
- Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0100111111 111001010010 1110101111 11111001010 1110111110 1111101110 1111001110 1101001010 110101101 01001 010011101 11011111110 1100100111 11001001110 1111011010 1101001110 11101011011 1111111011 111101111 01001 0100111111 11111011110 110101101 1101011010 1111111010 10101111110 1010011111 010010011010 11011011001 01001 10100111101 1111111010 111101101 1101010110 1111101010 1101011110 11110110010 0101011010 1111101101 01001
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 406
- Average number of words per stanza: 75
- Amount of lines: 43
- Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; we, as, and, she are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words as, and, we, that are repeated.
The author used the same word in at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines us is repeated).
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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- summary of Vanity Fair;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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