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

Sullen clouds are gathering fast over the black fringe of the
forest....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abBcXdeXXccfdghgaechBcfb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 24,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 101110011001100 10 111111 01100110111011 0101010101111 101010010101010010 010101001 1101011101 111111100001 111000010101010 1101001010101100 100110101101011 11010010010 10110101010101 110110110101010 01 011011010101010 100010011010101101 10001001110 010110110 111111 01001001000100100 10001010110001001 10101110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1220
  • Average number of words per stanza: 224
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 50 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 9
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Rainy Day;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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