This is an analysis of the poem After Paul Verlaine-I that begins with:
Tears fall within mine heart,
As rain upon the town:... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaa bXbb babb aXaa
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: limerick
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 110111 110101 110101 010111 111001 010111 101101 110001 111110 101101 111110 011110 101100 011111 101111 110100
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 102
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; no is repeated.
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