This is an analysis of the poem The Long-Nosed Fair that begins with:
Once on a time I fair Dorinda kiss'd,
Whose nose was too distinguish'd to be miss'd; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbcc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Metre: 1101110101 1111010001 11111111110 11111111111 0111000101 1101010101 1111110101 1111010111
- Amount of stanzas: 1
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 368
- Average number of words per stanza: 67
- Amount of lines: 8
- Average number of symbols per line: 45 (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; i is repeated.
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