Analysis of Rain and the Robin
Duncan Campbell Scott 1862 (Ottawa) – 1947
A ROBIN in the morning,
In the morning early,
Sang a song of warning,
"There'll be rain, there'll be rain."
Very,very clearly
From the orchard
Came the gentle horning,
"There'll be rain."
But the hasty farmer
Cut his hay down,
Did not heed the charmer
From the orchard,
And the mower's clatter
Ceased at noontide,
For with drip and spatter
Down came the rain.
Then the prophet robin
Hidden in the crab-tree
Railed upon the farmer,
"I told you so, I told you so."
As the rain grew stronger,
And his heart grew prouder,
Notes so full and slow
Coming blither, louder,
"I told you so, I told you so,"
"I told you so."
Scheme | abacbDacefeDedecgbeHeeheHh |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0100010 001010 101110 10111011 110 1010 101010 1011 101010 1111 111010 1010 00110 111 111010 1101 101010 100011 101010 11111111 101110 011110 11101 10110 11111111 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 600 |
Words | 122 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 26 |
Lines Amount | 26 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 463 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 114 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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