This is an analysis of the poem ‘my Sister – Life’s Overflowing Today’ that begins with:

My sister – Life’s overflowing today,
spring rain shattering itself like glass,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcb bdXX aceX Xaae afXf fdfX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1101101001 0111000111 1100100101 1101011001 010111001 100101011 111111101 11011001 101110011 0110101001 01011101000 1010011000 11111001010 11001111 1111011101 011000100 01100111 1011010001 10111001 01100101 10101011 1101001011 111111111 01011011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 159
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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