This is an analysis of Souls And Rain-Drops by Sidney Lanier.

Light rain-drops fall and wrinkle the sea,
Then vanish, and die utterly.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa bbcc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 111111001 11011100 11111111 001110011 11111101 11000111 11111111 1011010011
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8