This is an analysis of After The Rain by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.

THE rain has ceased, and in my room
The sunshine pours an airy flood;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabaXcXcbdXd
  • Stanza lengths: 12,
  • Metre: 01111011 01111101 11010101 01010101 01010101 100010111 01010101 01010111 11010001 01010101 10010101 01010101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 12

Anaphora

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