This is an analysis of When The Sun Come After Rain by Robert Louis Stevenson.

WHEN the sun comes after rain
And the bird is in the blue,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd eaea afaf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1011101 1010001 011101 111 10111011 10100010 0111011 1110 1011101 1010101 011101 111 11110010 1010101 11111010 111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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