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.…
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