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

Behold the blossom-bosomed Day again,
With all the star-white Hours in her train,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabcbccaacaddee faaffee dgdgXgdhhd iihcXXiijhj ekkkelaela
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 15,7,10,11,10,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Metre: 01010100101 0101110001 1101110101 1101011101 01010001011 11010010101 0101010101 01011011001 0101000101 1101110101 0101010111 1001000101 010111 010101001 111111 10011111001 0101010101 0101110001 000110001 11001110101 0110010101 1101110001 11110101001 0100110100 1101000101 1101010001 0111010100 10011100101 1111 1011000101 110111 1011110001 1001111111 011110001 0111010101 1001110111 0111001100 0101011111 0101011101 1101011101 0111011101 1101110101 0111110111 1111010101 0101010111 0111000101 1111001111 010011100001 1101010111 1100111101 1100010101 0101010101 1101011101
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 443
  • Average number of words per stanza: 81
  • Amount of lines: 53
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (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; with, of, to are repeated.

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

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