This is an analysis of the poem Calamity And Vanity that begins with:

Living a life to believe it's meant,
To pray for things to get....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbacdCBBB EffdcXCBBBEaa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,13,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 100100101 011101 101100 00100101 1011101 0111011 11 101001101 11000101 101011101 1001 10101010 1010101010101 01001100010010100 1010101010111 01011100101 10100001011101 011111010111 010101011101 101011101 1001 10101010 1010101010101 01001100010010100 11111100110000 00111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 501
  • Average number of words per stanza: 79
  • Amount of lines: 26
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; to is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word an is repeated.

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  • summary of Calamity And Vanity;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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