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

In the face of the sun are great thunderbolts hurled,
And the storm-clouds have shut out its light;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab caca dede fbfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 001001111001 101111101 101101011101 101011101 101011001111 11101011 11001101011 11101001 1100101011101 001001011 101001001100 001001011 01101011001 11011101 11001101011 001101011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 33
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 42 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; our, in, of are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word flung is repeated.

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

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