This is an analysis of the poem After Rain that begins with:

For three whole days across the sky,
In sullen packs that loomed and broke,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbabcc deedeff caacacc eggegee hiihiccgaXgXjj
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110101 01011111 01010111 01000111 1100100101 01010101 01110101 11011101 10010111 11110111 01110101 11111101 01110001 01000101 11011101 01010101 01010101 110111011 01100101 01100111 110010111 11111111 01010001 10000101 11110111 11000111 11010111 11010101 11011111 11110101 11010111 010100001 11010101 11010101 11110001 110011111 11111111 01110100 11010101 01010100 01010101 11111100
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 296
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 42
  • Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, i are repeated.

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  • summary of After Rain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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