This is an analysis of the poem Drought that begins with:

For rain, for rain the parched lands cry,
Reproachful to the cloudless sky.... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aabb ccbb ddbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11110111 10000101 011101110 010011110 11110101 11010101 010111110 010101010 11000101 11011111 111101010 010111010 11010101 10010101 110111010 010101110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 153
  • Average number of words per stanza: 29
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; rest is repeated.

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

    The author used the same word for at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Drought;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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