This is an analysis of the poem Deceptive Vanity that begins with:
I am sure nothing that they did,
Could be said was done in vain....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXaXbbXXaXXa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110110 1011101 11 0101 0010100010 11001010 010001 101001110 0110101000 1010111 11001010100 1110001010001 11011010
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 408
- Average number of words per stanza: 71
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
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.
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- summary of Deceptive Vanity;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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More information about poems by Lawrence S. Pertillar
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- Analysis of Unchanged
