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The Rain, Raining, Falls

James Kirkpatrick

Rhymed
Downward and ever brilliant,
Trickling or in sheets,
Slashing askant the stark clouds' meat,
The rain, raining, falls.

Purifier, ruster,
Nurturer, bolt cutter,
Finder of the tin roof’s flaws,
The rain, raining, falls.
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Written on 2016

Submitted by James_Kirkpatrick on December 13, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme xxxA bbxA
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 220
Words 41
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
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