This is an analysis of the poem Vanidad De Vanidades that begins with:

¡Infeliz del que busca en la apariencia
la dicha, y en la efímera alabanza,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX XXXX XXX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1001110111000 1101111001000 110010011100 011010100 110111101000 11101101010 111111111000 11101110011110 110111000 110100100 10010101100 011001010110 1000111011100 1110001000
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 126
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (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; la, al are repeated.

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  • summary of Vanidad De Vanidades;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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