This is an analysis of Potters' Clay by Adam Lindsay Gordon.

Though the pitcher that goes to the sparkling rill
Too oft gets broken at last,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcd ededfcfc
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 101011001001 1111011 1110100101 10100101 11101110101 1110101 11011001001 10111001 0011100101 10100111 010010101 1100101 110101101 1101111 1100110101 11101001
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16

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