This is an analysis of the poem The Rain that begins with:
We left that old ungainly house
When my dog died there, after...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aXbaaXXcXXbc X
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,1,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11110101 1111110 01001001 10110010 11100011 1110010 1100111 10111111 01111011 11011101 111011 01 010011101
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 199
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 13
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (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; and is repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of The Rain;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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