This is an analysis of the poem Vanity (I) that begins with:
The fleet astronomer can bore
And thread the spheres with his quick-piercing mind: ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababcac bXbXcbc XbXbaXa bXbXbbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 01010011 1101001101 1111010101 01101101 01010111110 110101 11111111010 01010001 1101011111 010111101 11000101 1111011100 100101 0101010101 01010110 1101010111 0101000111 11010001 0100111001 101111 0101010101 11111111 10111101001 1000110001 010110111 1111111001 111101 0111110111
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 279
- Average number of words per stanza: 49
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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