This is an analysis of Nobody Cometh To Woo by John Clare.
On Martinmas eve the dogs did bark,
And I opened the window to see,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbcbC bdbdbCbc efefgcgX hghgXhgh ghXhiXiXXibibbcbc
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,17,
- Metre: 110010101 111001001 11001011001 1101101 111100101 1111111 1111100101 1111001 1011110110 001101001 1010110111 11101111 1111100101 1111001 1100111101 1101101 0111010110 01011111 100010010 11011011 110011110 11001011 111010010 11101001 110110110 110110010 1011110010 011110010 110111010 11101101 110110110 01011111 1110110010 11111101 011010010 101101101 011110010 11111001 1011010110 111001001 110110010 11011001 110011110 001011101 1111110101 1011001 1110100101 11101101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 48
Repeated words/phrases
and, to
Anaphora
and, i, my
Epiphora
me
