This is an analysis of the poem The Holy Fair that begins with:

Upon a simmer Sunday morn,
When Nature's face is fair,... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababXX XXcdcdceXefcagaXXXhiccjcjXegeXcbXXhbabXXXakXl hdhcXXXgXmfmcgXgXnXgXc ggXgogoXcklklelelcaXabagljlCpXpX kgkXXC jmgmggXgcaaaaXaaackXkldkdXcgXggXljXlcjgggXfmdmcbqbqX aiackhkXXgXX cjXjXgXrXCkXkXbXbXcrkXXXgjgcXmXXjmgmcjXjXXdr dCnanaeXeacjXXgahaXcc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,45,22,32,6,52,12,44,21,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010111 110101 1110101 110101 01011101 11001110 01010101 0101010 1111 1100011001 010111 11010101 110101 1110011001 111110 01110101 1001010 1111 01011101 010111 11010111 1101101 0111111 1 1111010 1101101 11110111 1111 11011111 1111011 0111111 1111011 11110111 111101 11111101 010110 0111 1101111 010111 10010000 110100 01010101 01110010 11111101 1011010 1001 11111111 1111111 11110101 1111100 1111111 1111110 11011101 110110 0111 11010101 1101110 11010110 1101010 010101001 0111010 111101001 111110 1111 11011111 111110 01011101 1111110 10110101 1101110 11011111 1111010 1111 11110111 111011 110111001 100111 10110101 1111110 11011111 1101010 0111 11001111 1101011 11111111 1101011 111001011 1101011 11011101 1101010 10011 1101010 10 0101010 11010101 1101010 1110101 1111011 01011101 1111111 1111 11110111 1101110 11011101 1101110 01010111 0101110 111100101 11000 10 1101 11011101 1111110 1101101 1101110 11010101 1101110 11010101 0101110 0111 11010101 0101110 01011101 1111110 11011100 1111010 01011101 1101110 1111 01111101 0111010 11010101 0101010 11110111 1111110 110111001 1111010 1111 11010101 1101010 10011101 1101110 1101101 110110 10010111 1101 110001 1111 1111011 1 1111010 1111111 1101110 11111111 1101110 11011001 0101010 1111 11110111 1101110 01010101 0111110 11011101 1101010 01011101 0101110 1111 011101001 0111110 11010110 1101010 1010111101 1101010 1111101 1101000 0111 11011101 1101110 11010101 1100110 01011101 0101110 01111101 1101110 1111 011000101 1111010 11011101 1101011 01011111 1111010 11000101 1111010 0111 10110101 110101 11110001 110110 11110111 1001110 11111101 1101010 1111 0101110 1111010 11010101 010111 01100101 1101110 11110101 11011010 1111 10111111 1101110 11110101 1100110 11010110 111110 11010101 1100010 1101 11000101 010111 11010111 110101 11010101 110111 11111111 110101 1111 1110110 1101110 11111111 1111010 11111101 1111110 1111101 1101000 1 1101
  • Amount of stanzas: 9
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 788
  • Average number of words per stanza: 148
  • Amount of lines: 241
  • Average number of symbols per line: 28 (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; an', as, i, some, that, o', wi', his, it, how are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, an', his, it, some, there's are repeated.

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  • summary of The Holy Fair;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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