This is an analysis of the poem To The Nile that begins with:

Month after month the gathered rains descend
Drenching yon secret Aethiopian dells,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXXaabbacXcXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1101010101 101101001 1001011100 1111010101 1101011101 11011100101 111010101 1011001101 110101001110 11111111110 11010111010 111100110110 0111110101 1011010100
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 622
  • Average number of words per stanza: 112
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 44 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • 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; and is repeated.

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