Analysis of Kiss In The Rain, A
Samuel Minturn Peck 1854 – 1938
One stormy morn I chanced to meet
A lassie in the town;
Her locks were like the ripened wheat,
Her laughing eyes were brown.
I watched her as she tripped along
Till madness filled my brain,
And then, and then, I know 'twas wrong,
I kissed her in the rain!
With rain-drops shining on her cheek,
Like dew-drops on a rose,
The little lassie strove to speak
My boldness to oppose;
She strove in vain, and quivering
Her fingers stole in mine;
And then the birds began to sing,
The sun began to shine.
Oh, let the clouds grow dark above,
My heart is light below;
'Tis always summer when we love,
However winds may blow;
And I'm as proud as any prince,
All honors I disdain:
She says I am her rain beau since
I kissed her in the rain.
Scheme | ababcdcD efefghgh ijijkdkD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 010001 01010101 010101 11011101 110111 01011111 110001 11110101 111101 01010111 110101 11010100 010101 01010111 010111 11011101 111101 1110111 10111 01111101 110101 11110111 110001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 710 |
Words | 143 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 186 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 47 |
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Submitted on August 03, 2020
Modified on March 05, 2023
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