This is an analysis of From The Parish: A Satire by John Clare.

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In politics and politicians' lies…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aabbccaa aaddddccaaeebXcc X ffgXffaahhddccee ffbbbbeeaaeegX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,8,16,1,16,14,
  • Metre: 1 0101110101 0101010101 10000010110 1111010101 1111000101 1111110111 11010111001 1101011101 1111001101 10111000101 1101111111 1101110101 1101011111 0101111101 1101010111 1101111101 1101110101 1110010001 1101011101 1101110101 1111010011 1111011101 1111001101 1111010101 1 0111001101 1011010101 0101111101 0111010110 1001010101 1101011101 1101110101 111110001001 1010010001 0100110001 1111110101 11001110001 1011110101 0101010101 1001011011 1111110101 11001000101 1111011101 11010010111 1111011001 1101110101 0101110101 1001111111 1011010100 11010111001 1111110101 10101100101 1101110111 1101010111 1001010110
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 56

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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