Analysis of Kiss In The Rain, A



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
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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Samuel Minturn Peck

Samuel Minturn Peck was an American poet, named first poet laureate of the state of Alabama. more…

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