Analysis of The Long-Nosed Fair
Christopher Smart 1722 (Shipbourne) – 1771 (King's Bench Prison)
Once on a time I fair Dorinda kiss'd,
Whose nose was too distinguish'd to be miss'd;
My dear, says I, I fain would kiss you closer,
But tho' your lips say aye--your nose says, no, Sir.--
The maid was equally to fun inclin'd,
And plac'd her lovely lily-hand behind;
Here, swain, she cry'd, may'st thou securely kiss,
Where there's no nose to interrupt thy bliss.
| Scheme | AABBCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110101 1111010111 11111111110 11111111111 0111001101 0101010101 11111110101 111110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 369 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 268 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 65 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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