This is an analysis of the poem Like The Touch Of Rain that begins with:

Like the touch of rain she was
On a man's flesh and hair and eyes...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa aXaX bcbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1010111 10111111 1010101 1101101 00100111 11111111 1011101 111101011 111101 0111011 1110101 1011001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 123
  • Average number of words per stanza: 26
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • 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; he is repeated.

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