This is an analysis of Death by John Clare.
Why should man's high aspiring mind
Burn in him with so proud a breath,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdXd cccccaca ebfbghgh ijijhchc klkleXfl lclclhlh bdbdmeme nbnbaoao
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 11110101 10101101 11010111 001101 01010101 01010111 11111000 010101 101110101 111100101 11010101 11000101 01011101 010111101 111110011 010101 11010111 010101001 011000100 110101 11000101 01010101 11010101 1000001 111101110 11011101 110101010 111101 11110101 10010101 10010111 11011 100111001 111010001 110011101 010101 01110001 01010110 11101100 111101 110111101 110101101 11011001 111101 101100111 010101011 111101111 101111 10110001 11110100 11010101 110101 110111011 01011101 110101101 100101 11011001 11010101 01010101 1100101 01011101 110010001 11110101 010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 64
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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