This is an analysis of Autumn by John Clare.

The thistledown's flying, though the winds are all still,
On the green grass now lying, now mounting the hill,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabb cccc ddee
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 010010101111 101111011001 001001011101 11101001011 011110110001 01011011111 01111011001 110010101101 111110101001 1010110101111 101001101001 01011101001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

now, and

Anaphora

the