This is an analysis of the poem Vanitas Vanitatum that begins with:

All the flowers of the spring
Meet to perfume our burying; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffgghh
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10100001 10011100 1111101 11110101 01111011 111111101 1011101 1100101 1011101 1011111 11000001 11110101 101001 11110111 01010101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 532
  • Average number of words per stanza: 94
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Vanitas Vanitatum;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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