This is an analysis of Fragment by John Clare.
The cataract, whirling down the precipice,
Elbows down rocks and, shouldering, thunders through.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbc
- Stanza lengths: 8,
- Metre: 01001010100 11111100101 1111010101 1101001101 1101111101 0111110101 10010000111 100101111111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 8
Repeated words/phrases
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