This is an analysis of the poem Rain that begins with:
I opened my eyes
And looked up at the rain...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: XababbXXbXXbb
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 11011 111101 1010011 110011 11001101111 01101111011 111010 11101 111011 111101 11111111011 001001001011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 178
- Average number of words per stanza: 40
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 7
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; my, and, i are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words and, i are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Rain;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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