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

Today
I'd like to be a nun ... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abacbcdedcecebecbc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 18,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01 110001 1111 1100010111 0011 0111110101 11 111101 1101 0101000101 1101 1111001011 11 111011 1101 1101010111 1101 0101101111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 470
  • Average number of words per stanza: 95
  • Amount of lines: 18
  • Average number of symbols per line: 25 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of After Rain;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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