This is an analysis of Sheep-Sheering by James Thomson.
In one diffusive band,
They drive the troubled flocks, by many a dog…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbcdefaggdXdhijXaahbfhifffaXfkfehjaakcjiafhfXafdag
- Stanza lengths: 51,
- Metre: 011001 11010111001 0101010101 1011010111 1111000101 1001011001 0101011111 1011010001 0111011101 1101010100 0101110101 1111010101 1101100101 0100110111 1101100101 0101010101 1011000101 1101011111 10011100101 0101011101 0101110101 0101010101 1101010101 10010110001 1011110101 0101110101 0111010101 0101110101 11010100100 110010100111 0111010101 1011010111 0101111111 1111011101 11001010111 1101110101 0101010101 10101010101 1100010101 11010100101 0111100101 1101110101 1111001101 1100010101 1101010001 1111011101 01010101011 1101011101 11010101001 1111010101 0111001101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 51
Repeated words/phrases
and
Anaphora
the, what
