This is an analysis of Now Is Past by John Clare.

_Now_ is past--the happy _now_
When we together roved…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaXbcbcbB bababadadB XacaXefefB
  • Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,
  • Metre: 1010101 1101010 01010111 110111 101 01111101 111101 10110101 110101 101 1011111 010101 01010111 011101 101 111101001 1110101 11010101 010101 101 1010110 01111101 111011101 111111 0110 111010011 1111110 11011011 1111110 101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

wood

Anaphora

now