This is an analysis of Schoolboys In Winter by John Clare.

The schoolboys still their morning ramble take
To neighboring village school with playing speed,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abababacaccdcd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0111110101 01001010101 100010010111 1101011101 1001011101 11011111001 1111111101 1011111111 11110001101 1111011101 1111010111 1100111101 11110100101 0011000101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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