This is an analysis of Quail's Nest by John Clare.
I wandered out one rainy day
And heard a bird with merry joys…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab acac dbdX dede dfdf
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 11011101 11010101 11111101 11110101 10110101 01110001 11010110 11110101 01110111 11010001 11011111 11110101 11010111 01011101 11010101 01110101 01010111 11010111 11011111 11010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 20
Repeated words/phrases
and, they
