This is an analysis of the poem Before The Rain that begins with:
BEFORE the rain, low in the obscure east,
Weak and morose the moon hung, sickly gray; ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXbbXbacb cbbdbd aeaeXcec
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 10,6,8,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 0101100011 1101011101 01010111110 1101010101 1111010101 0101010100 0111110101 1101001101 01110110101 0101010101 0101110101 1101011001 1011111101 1101010001 10010101001 10010001001 1001010101 0111010101 10011010111 1001010101 0100011111 010010010101 1111011111 11111101001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 360
- Average number of words per stanza: 61
- Amount of lines: 24
- Average number of symbols per line: 44 (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.
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