Analysis of RAIN (Poem #222)



We need some rain we say
 As we look out at the sky.
 Even if we do a dance,
 The rain may pass us by.

The flowers, they are drooping,
 And the grass is not so green.
 If we don't get some rains soon,
 No greenery may be seen.

The sky is getting cloudy and,
 Some dark clouds are starting to come up.
 There is thunder in the distance,
 But no rain has yet t erupt.

Then a crack of lightening
 Brightens up the sky.
 And soon the greenery is cooled down
 That was just about to fry.

© copyright 1998 by Jean E. Gorney


Scheme XAXA BCXC XXXX BAXA X
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 1111101 1011101 011111 0101110 0011111 1111111 1100111 01110100 111110111 11100010 11111101 1011100 10101 010100111 1110111 1011110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 505
Words 105
Sentences 10
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 1
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 77
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on October 07, 2013

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Jean Gorney

I wrote a poem for my daughter and new son-in-law and read it at their wedding reception in 1997. People have been encouraging me ever since. I try to write up-beat and happy poetry. My poetry has been in many anthologies, newspapers, church bulletins,etc. I won a small contest once. I self-published some small(4x5)books with about 16 poems in each that can be used as greeting cards. I include an envelope for mailing. Check them out on my FB page under Jean Magill Gorney. more…

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