This is an analysis of the poem Holiday that begins with:
Through Ebblesborne and Broad--Chalke
The narrow river runs,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaaa bcXc bdad XeXe
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1100111 010101 10010101 100101 11110101 111101 11110111 11011 110100111 111111 1111010 1010011 1111110 110111 1111010 111101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 116
- Average number of words per stanza: 22
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 28 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Holiday;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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