This is an analysis of the poem Instability Of Human Greatness that begins with:
Fond man, that looks on earth for happiness,
And here long seeks what here is never found!... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: ababccc bXbXddX bebeXbb fbfbddd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 1111111100 1111110101 11101101011 0101010101 1111011101 11111111001 110101110101 11111101000 110011101100 11011100101 01011101010 1101100111 1101000101 1101010101010 100010010101 1101110101 1111011101 0101110101 1111010101 1101010101 100101010101 1001010100 1101110011 1001010100 1101010101 1101011101 1111011001 010101110101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 313
- Average number of words per stanza: 55
- Amount of lines: 28
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 8
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and is repeated.
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