Analysis of The Raincoat
I know not from where the raincoat came,
Only that it hung in the corner of the hall
By the old stuffed chair near the game room
Where old family pictures lined the wall.
As a child I used to marvel at the fabric,
Worn and tattered, yet golden in its hues;
And I would think how one day if I was sick
I could put it on along with Daddy's shoes.
It seemed like a comfortable way
To hold my hurt inside--just wrap it tight,
Close my eyes, and ask my Mom to pray
With me to ward off evils of the night.
I knew that it was safe and strong, for Daddy
Wore it on those days of rage and pain
When things weren't all so happy
With crops near death from too much rain.
Today at Mom's I finally put it on.
It was rather small and did not fit at all--
Quite strange, for in that house as Daddy's son,
It always seemed alone and very tall.
Scheme | ABCBDEDEFGFGHIHIJBKB |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 11111011 101110010101 101111011 1110010101 101111101010 1010110011 01111111111 11111011101 111010001 1111011111 111011111 1111110101 11111101110 111111101 11101110 11111111 01111100111 11101011111 1110111101 111010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 808 |
Words | 171 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 634 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 171 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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