This is an analysis of the poem Untitled: The Song Of The Spring Rain that begins with:

The song of the spring rain is dark in the night,
Under the clouds the showers of rosy pear blossoms...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: a b aXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,1,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 010001101001 1001010010110 100001110100001 10010110011
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 49
  • Average number of words per stanza: 9
  • Amount of lines: 4
  • Average number of symbols per line: 49 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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  • summary of Untitled: The Song Of The Spring Rain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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