Analysis of Rain Has Fallen All the Day
James Joyce 1882 (Rathgar) – 1941 (Zürich)
Rain has fallen all the day.
O come among the laden trees:
The leaves lie thick upon the way
Of memories.
Staying a little by the way
Of memories shall we depart.
Come, my beloved, where I may
Speak to your heart.
| Scheme | ABAB ACAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1110101 11010101 01110101 1100 10010101 11001101 1101111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 221 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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