Analysis of A Rainy Day
Chris Pearson 1977 (Winnipeg)
Gentle
Emptiness
Blows in cool
Taste of peppermint
On the silent tongue
Inner voice hums
Slick grey road
Under wet grey sky
Dark clouds swell
Drown out the sun
Behind a growing bruise
Unseen thunder
Unheard lightning
Below life swims
Exhaling ghosts
Leaden eyes under
Everything is falling
Brought down
Drained
Away
To be drank again
On another rainy day
| Scheme | XXXXXXXXXXXABXXABXXC XC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10 100 101 1110 10101 1011 111 10111 111 1101 010101 0110 0110 0111 11 10110 10110 11 1 01 11101 1010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 393 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 20, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 22 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 148 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on January 20, 2016
Modified on March 05, 2023
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