This is an analysis of Farmer's Boy by John Clare.
He waits all day beside his little flock
And asks the passing stranger what's o'clock,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeecfcf
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111010101 1101010101 1111010101 1111110111 1101000111 1011010101 1111010111 1101010101 1111011111 1101111101 1101110101 1101110101 1101110101 1101010111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
he, and
Anaphora
he, and
