Analysis of First Rain
Summer rain,
just a warm drizzle,
feeding the plants.
Spring rain,
leaking through the roof,
dripping from the wasps' nest.
Autumn rain,
a delicate pitter-patter,
against the dusty window.
First winter rain--
even the monkey,
seems to want a raincoat.
| Scheme | AXX AXX AXX AXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101 10110 1001 11 10101 101011 101 0100110 0101010 1101 10010 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 240 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 49 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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