This is an analysis of A World For Love by John Clare.
Oh, the world is all too rude for thee, with much ado and care;
Oh, this world is but a rude world, and hurts a thing so fair;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bbcc XXcc ddcc eeff
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 101011111010111 10101011110111 11010101110001 11110101111101 11010110110101 11001100111101 11110101110101 11011101111101 11010101110011 110101001010101 11111111110101 11010101111000 11010101010111 11010101110111 11010101111111 11110101110101 11011101110001 11011101010111 01011111110101 01110101100111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
world, and, in, would, to, love, thee
Anaphora
oh, and, than
