This is an analysis of Hen's Nest by John Clare.
Among the orchard weeds, from every search,
Snugly and sure, the old hen’s nest is made,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefXc
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 01010101001 1011011101 11010010001 0101011111 1101011111 1101010101 1101010101 11010010101 0111110101 0101011101 1101110101 1111110110 1101110101 1011110001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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