This is an analysis of A Rainy Day In April by Francis Ledwidge.
When the clouds shake their hyssops, and the rain
Like holy water falls upon the plain,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa Xbba cccc dddc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 1011110101 1101010101 1101010101 111101 1101010100 0101011101 1011010101 110101 011101001001 1011010101 101110010111 110111 1111010111 1001110001 0100010101 010101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 16
Repeated words/phrases
and, her
Anaphora
and
