This is an analysis of the poem The Soul Of Spain that begins with:

In the rain in the rain in the rain in the rain in Spain.
Does it rain in Spain?...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbcXcdXceefefff dfedd ddddddddbgdeXaaaXgXaXdgdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,5,25,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 00100100100101 10101 111110100111111 01010111 00010111 110111 101010101010 1111001 1011001 10111010 1111101001 0100 0100 11010011 10100 1 1 1 1101101001111000101 111010011 110100 0100001 10100001 010101 10001 101001 01001 11001 10001 0010011 1110001 11001 11110100010 00101100 10110 111010 111111 1111111 1010110110101111 11101 11110 0 111001010 1111011 0101010001 1110100010 010000100 1010001000111
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 450
  • Average number of words per stanza: 92
  • Amount of lines: 48
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (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; in, rain, home, fart, democracy, go, shit, let, try, and, one, monument are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words democracy, go, let are repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines spain, democracy, go, shit, one are repeated).

    The literary device anadiplosis is detected in two or more neighboring lines. The words/phrases home, democracy, go connect the lines.

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