This is an analysis of Wet Weather by Isabel Ecclestone Mackay.

IT is the English in me that loves the soft, wet weather--
The cloud upon the mountain, the mist upon the sea,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dede afaf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 00010011101110 0101010010101 011101110101110 01011111011101 011101100111010 111111000011111 010101011100110 11010101111001 00010111111010 01011111011111 110001111111010 01110001010101 11010011101110 01011101110111 011101001111010 101010101010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

upon, it, to, and

Anaphora

the