This is an analysis of I Dreamt Of Robin by John Clare.

I opened the casement this morn at starlight,
And, the moment I got out of bed,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababaXac dedeffff gcgXXcXX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,
  • Metre: 110010001111 101011101 01001001011 101011001 01111001011 110111110 11111101111 101011101 11110101011 010111110 11101101101 1110011110 11101111101 1010001101 101001001011 101001001 111001001011 101101111 11001101001 111110111 11101101001 11111001 11011011001 11111010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and, i, in

Anaphora

and