This is an analysis of the poem The Rain It Raineth that begins with:

The homeless bird has a weary time
When the wind is high and moans through the grass:...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa baba XaXa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 010110101 1010111101 0101101011 110110111 111100101 10110001 110101011 1100101101 10100101 0011111001 111101101 1100110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Rain It Raineth;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
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