This is an analysis of the poem Vanitas Vanitatum that begins with:
How spake of old the Royal Seer?
(His text is one I love to treat on.)... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaX cdcd eded adad bdbd cbcb dfdf cbcb dada Xfdf egee egeg egXe fXfb fbXbXcdcd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11010101 010111011 01011101 1001000 11000101 011101010 01010101 110111010 010010111 110101010 10010100 111101010 11000111 111110010 11010101 110011010 11110111 1100010010 00110101 010101010 010011101 110011010 01011001 011010010 11101111 111011110 11000100 110001010 10110101 101100010 11110101 111111110 11000100 110001011 11010101 110101011 11111000 110011110 11010111 1101011010 11110101 110111010 11011101 110111110 11110111 110101010 11010001 110001010 11010011 110101110 0101100 010101010 10010101 1101001010 11010111 010101010 10010101 110111010 11110010 110101010 11110101 110101010 01110011 0101010010
- Amount of stanzas: 17
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 129
- Average number of words per stanza: 23
- Amount of lines: 65
- Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; what, of, how, they, my, and, to are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words what, of, how, o, i are repeated.
The author used the same word what at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Vanitas Vanitatum;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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