For those who've been following along, here is where I'm up to in terms of the structure of the book as a whole. It will be interesting to look back in three years to see if this changes dramatically or stays much the same! For the next three years, studying a master's part time, I hope to be thinking more about this, and in particular how the different genres (poetry, observation, wisdom collections) speak uniquely and progress the argument about the search meaning amongst the vain mundanity that permeates all things under the sun.
A 1.1 Frame narrator
B 1.2 Theme summary: All is vanity
C 1.3-11 A poem on man's place in the universe
D 1.12-2.26 1st person observation (I saw)
C' 3.1-15 A poem on time
D' 3.16-4.16 1st person observation (I saw)
E 4.17-5.11 (5.1-12 Eng) Wisdom collection on ethics
D'' 5.12-6.12 (5.13-6.12 Eng) 1st person observation (I saw)
E' 7.1-14 Wisdom collection on character
D''' 7.15-9.13 1st person observation (I saw)
E'' 9.14-11.10 Wisdom collection on wisdom and folly
C'' 12.1-7 A poem on nearing death
B' 12.8 Theme summary: All is vanity
A' 12.9-14 Frame Narrator
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