This is an analysis of the poem Rain that begins with:
It rains to-day.
You always loved the rain- ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbacc deedee
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: couplets
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 0101 111101 1001011001 111111 11110011001 010111 0111 010101 11011100111 110101 1101110001 110011
- Amount of stanzas: 2
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 186
- Average number of words per stanza: 35
- Amount of lines: 12
- Average number of symbols per line: 30 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- 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 Rain;
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- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
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