This is an analysis of the poem Bells In The Rain that begins with:

Sleep falls, with limpid drops of rain,
Upon the steep cliffs of the town. ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaaa baba cdcd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01011001 11111101 10111101 01111101 11011101 11011101 11010111 11010101 011111101 01011101 01110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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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