The Rainbow by Charles Lamb: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem The Rainbow that begins with:

After the tempest in the sky
How sweet yon rainbow to the eye!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccXdeeaaffaaccgghhaaddhhiiffjjaaXaee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 40,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10010001 11111001 11010111 11011101 00101010 10100010 11101010 10111111 10111010 110111110 01011101 0110100 11111101 01110101 10001111 11010011 1010010 01000100 1111111 0100100101 11100111 10111101 01010111 11010101 110010111 110111101 11001011 10111001 1010111 1011111 10101010 00101010 010111011 1011101 11001011001 110010111 10011110 100111001 011101001 10010101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1301
  • Average number of words per stanza: 244
  • Amount of lines: 40
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; it, which, every, and are repeated.

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

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of The Rainbow;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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