This is an analysis of the poem Lays Of Sorrow that begins with:
The day was wet, the rain fell souse
Like jars of strawberry jam, a... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XXabcdedfgfehhiiaaddghXhaXjkkfkggkj lfllllXdfXfffkkX bcbXebeXffmaXmfffX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 35,16,18,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 01110111 11011010 11100111 0100010 01011101 1101010 10111100101110 10101001 010101110 01000111 010101110 11110101010 111011 001111 10001 01111 11101 101001 111001 101001 110011001 11011101001 110111001 10110001001 1101010001 111000100 11011111 0110111111 11111011001 110010010010 101010111001 11011110010 001001001101 1100100101 1010110101 11010101 10010101 01110101 010111001 11010011 11010111 111101111 010110101 11010011 111101101 100101110 110111010 10010101 11010111 110010001 11010111 11000101010 01010111010 01010111010 010110110111 01010111110 01010111110 11011100010 010111010101 1101010 1111110 0101110001 0111010 1111010 1111010111 1111101 01011110 11011011 11010101
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 849
- Average number of words per stanza: 160
- Amount of lines: 69
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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; he, and, it are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words no, the are repeated.
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