Analysis of Song of the Rain
Hugh McCrae 1876 (Melbourne) – 1958
Night,
and the yellow pleasure of candle-light....
old brown books and the kind, fine face of the clock
fogged in the veils of the fire - it's cuddling tock.
The cat,
greening her eyes on the flame-litten mat;
wickedly, wakeful she yawns at the rain
bending the roses over the pane,
and a bird in my heart begins to sing
over and over the same sweet thing--
Safe in the house with my boyhood's love
and our children asleep in the attic above.
Scheme | AABB CCDDEE FF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1 0010101101 11100111101 100110101101 01 1001101101 100111101 100101001 0010110111 100100111 10011111 0101001001001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 451 |
Words | 85 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 6, 2 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 114 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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