This is an analysis of the poem Ode To Vanity that begins with:

INSATIATE TYRANT OF THE MIND;
Fantastic, aëry, empty thing; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaccddaaeffX gagXhhcceehh ciciff gddfXg ccccffaffa ggjjggkk igighXXhha ffhXddggaaee ddkkXXff ffgXff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,12,6,6,10,8,10,12,8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010001 01010101 11100101 01010101 01010001 10110111 01010101 01011101 1001010101 1010101 1110101 01011011 01010101 110100100 1100101 01010101 10100101 0101000101 110011101 100101100101 0101110101 111101 11010101 01010101 10110010101 1101001010101 111001101 110101 1101010101 110101 1101010001 0101001110101 01010101 010110001 0011100101 01110101 0101010010 111101 11110101 10110101 10001011101 010100101 110101001 1110101 01011101 11110101 10010101 1111100101 11000111 1110101 01011111 110101001 11110101 01010001 1101100101 0101010101 10010101 0100100111 11110101 1101010101 11110111 01110101 0101010110 1011000101 10110101 11001010101 11111101 01010101 11010101 11010110 1110101 0111101 1110001 01010111 0101010101 0101110111 1100110101 1011010101 11001101 101001001 11010101 1010101 11111101 01010101 10111101 10110000101 10110111 01010101 10010101 01010100 10111110101 011111111101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 351
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 92
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; in, with are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words in, the are repeated.

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

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