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

Night,
and the yellow pleasure of candle-light.... ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb aaccdd ee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,6,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 1010100101 11110111001 1000100100101 01 1001101101 10010011101 100101001 1010110101 101100111 100101101 111001001001
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 150
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • 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; of, and, in are repeated.

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

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