Analysis of Vanity
Letitia Elizabeth Landon 1802 (Chelsea) – 1838 (Cape Coast)
Vanity ! guiding power, 'tis thine to rule
Statesman and vestryman—the knave or fool.
The Macedonian crossed Hydaspes' wave,
Fierce as the storm, and gloomy as the grave.
Urged by the thought, what would Athenians say,
When next they gathered on a market-day ?
And the same spirit that induced his toil,
Leads on the cook, to stew, and roast, and boil :
Whether the spice be mixed—the flag unfurled—
Each deems their task the glory of the world.
Scheme | AABBCCDDEE |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 10010101111 10010111 0010111 1101010101 11011101001 1111010101 0011010111 1101110101 1001110101 1111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 442 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 10 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 346 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 79 |
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