This is an analysis of the poem Rain Music that begins with:
On the dusty earth-drum
Beats the falling rain; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abXb XaXa XcXc Xdbd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 101011 10101 101010 10101 1010010 11101 101010 10101 101010 101001 111010 101001 1010010 10101 101010 10101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 96
- Average number of words per stanza: 15
- Amount of lines: 16
- Average number of symbols per line: 23 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 4
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
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- summary of Rain Music;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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