Analysis of Between the Showers
Between the showers I went my way,
The glistening street was bright with flowers;
It seemed that March had turned to May
Between the showers.
Above the shining roofs and towers
The blue broke forth athwart the grey;
Birds carolled in their leafless bowers.
Hither and tither, swift and gay,
The people chased the changeful hours;
And you, you passed and smiled that day,
Between the showers.
Scheme | abaB bab abaB |
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Poetic Form | Roundel |
Metre | 010101111 0100111110 11111111 01010 010101010 01110101 11011010 1001101 01010110 01110111 01010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 389 |
Words | 69 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 16, 2023
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