This is an analysis of the poem Cotton Candy On A Rainy Day that begins with:

Don't look now
I'm fading away ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcdcXeXdXadXeddfcbXcf
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 22,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111 01001 00010110 10101001 00111 110 11001 11101010 11101 1111011 011101 111011100 01 11111010 01 111 001000100 101011010 100100 11 101100 100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 490
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 22
  • Average number of symbols per line: 21 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 4
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Cotton Candy On A Rainy Day;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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