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

Let the rain kiss you
Let the rain beat upon your head with silver liquid drops...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XXXXXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 10111 10110111010101 101110101 011111011 0111010010 0110101111111 11101
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 274
  • Average number of words per stanza: 56
  • Amount of lines: 7
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; rain, let are repeated.

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

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