This is an analysis of Before The Rain by Thomas Bailey Aldrich.
E knew it would rain, for all the morn
A spirit on slender ropes of mist…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababXcXcXaXa
- Stanza lengths: 12,
- Metre: 110111101 010110101 1100010101 000100100 010111101 1001110010 100101001 01001001010 1101110101 010110101 100110101 0100100101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 12
