This is an analysis of the poem The Gulf Of All Human Possessions that begins with:

Come hither, and behold the fruits,
Vain man! of all thy vain pursuits.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaabbccccccbbbbXcddeeffggddhhbbiijjaakkaabbllmmnnggccccddlliiiinnddXiXXddiicccchhiiccccccddcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 96,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 11011101 11011101 11110011 11111001 11110101 10010111 01010101 10110111 11010101 01010111 01010101 11010001 01010101 10110111 01010011 01010101 01011101 01100100 01010101 10110111 11001111 01000101 11011101 110101010 010011110 01010101 01010101 01010101 11100101 11010111 11011101 11010101 11011101 01010101 01111101 01010111 010101001 01010101 11010101 100101101 11000011 010111001 11110101 10000111 11010101 11111101 11010101 11010111 01001101 11010101 11110111 01010011 11001101 11010101 100010101 11010101 11111101 01011101 110101001 11110101 01111101 01011101 11010101 11010111 11011101 11110001 11011011 10010101 11110111 01010111 10011101 11001101 11011101 10110101 10110001 11010111 11010111 1101001001 01000101 11010101 110010101 11010101 11111111 10010101 11100101 110100101 1100101 10010101 010101001 110100111 01011111 010010101 01001011 11010101 010100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 3368
  • Average number of words per stanza: 589
  • Amount of lines: 96
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; to, her, their, twice are repeated.

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

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  • summary of The Gulf Of All Human Possessions;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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