This is an analysis of the poem The Gardener Lxxvi: The Fair Was On that begins with:

The fair was on before the temple.
It had rained from the early morning...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbccXXbdXdbXcabXXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011101010 011001010 1011001 10110100 0110110 011110100 10011 011011010 0111011 11010101 110010011 100100101 10100101 10110100 011010110 11101001010 1 010110101 10110011 100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 648
  • Average number of words per stanza: 120
  • Amount of lines: 20
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines of is repeated).

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