This is an analysis of Snow Storm by John Clare.

What a night! The wind howls, hisses, and but stops
To howl more loud, while the snow volley keeps…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbaaabccdXdc dXdeebfbbffbgg
  • Stanza lengths: 14,14,
  • Metre: 10101110111 0111101101 0101010101 1011011101 1001010101 11001011001 0111011101 1001010101 0111011101 01010010111 01010011001 1101111110 1101110101 1111011101 0111010001 1101110100 0101110001 1111011101 0101100101 1101010101 1101001101 1111110001 1101110101 1111111101 1101110101 1101111110 0110111111 1101111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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