This is an analysis of Distant Hills by John Clare.
What is there in those distant hills
My fancy longs to see,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXb acac dada eeee acac abab bcbc baba acac fafa bbXbXdcdc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 10101101 110101 110010110 111100 11110101 011111 11010101 110101 01011101 10101001 10110101 1101011 11000111 110111 11110101 111101 11010111 111101 110010101 110101 01110101 010101 11011101 1101001 11010100 011111 11011111 1100101 11110111 1101010 11111101 010101 11110101 011111 11101100 110111 01000111 1011010 11111101 110111 11111101 010101 11010111 0101001 11010101 110111 01110101 111101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 15
- Lines: 51
Repeated words/phrases
and, men
Anaphora
and
