This is an analysis of Mouse's Nest by John Clare.

I found a ball of grass among the hay
And progged it as I passed and went away;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbXXaabbaacc
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101010101 11001111101 1111110101 1101110101 1111110001 0101110101 1111110101 1111010110 1101010111 1011000101 0111111101 1101010101 01010010111 1111010001
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

and, i

Anaphora

and