Analysis of It's May and the Rain is Falling



It’s May and the rain is falling;
The hills were just going from green to golden.
But now it’s May, and the sun is stalling.

These days before summer usually free and jolly;
Tonight will be cold with logs unburned, wet, and molden.
Today, dark clouds cloak this land with melancholy.

I step outside when it should be warm;
Stinging rain, treacherous wind, a curse of olden.
Why in May must I weather this storm?

But no! This gloom cannot make me blue.
Light must lie ahead that is pure and golden.
Because tomorrow is June, and with it comes a brighter hue.

Yes, tomorrow is June, and the sky will be clear;
Freedom is coming on swift flying wings.
But June is soon, and whatever it brings,
More rain there will be for me to fear.


Scheme ABA CBC DBD EBE FGGF
Poetic Form
Metre 11001110 01011011110 1111001110 11011010001010 0111111011010 01111111100 111111111 101100101110 101111011 111110111 11101111010 01011101110101 10111001111 1011011101 111101011 111111111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 719
Words 137
Sentences 12
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 3, 3, 3, 3, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 9
Letters per stanza (avg) 113
Words per stanza (avg) 27
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Ryan Griffiths

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