This is an analysis of the poem The Rainy Season that begins with:

The rainy season is abroad
And the skirt of my dress is wet. ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXaXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 01010001 10101101 11110101 111100100 11101001010 1011001 10100101000 110110010 1111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 293
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Rainy Season;
  • central theme;
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  • history of its creation;
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