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

Through her blood's lightly layered
Hazy darkness...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaXXaXaXXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010 1010 10101100110 110101011 010101010100 1010010110 1101 101 0010101101 10100010 01001001001010
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 184
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 11
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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

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