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

Every valley drinks,
Every dell and hollow; ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab acac dede fcfc gaga hfhf acac Xgege
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,5,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100101 1001110 1011111 1001010 10101 101110 1111111 001110 101001 1101110 1010001 111110 111001 111110 10011101 111010 100101 001011 10010111 0101011 11101 101111 1111101 111010 11111 001010 1110111 101110 1100101 01001110 1010101 1101010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 21
  • Amount of lines: 39
  • Average number of symbols per line: 22 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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