This is an analysis of Stonepit by John Clare.

The passing traveller with wonder sees
A deep and ancient stonepit full of trees;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddccefef
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101000101 01110100101 1111010110 0111011101 0101010101 1111110111 1101010101 1101110101 1101110101 0101011101 0111110111 1111110111 1101110101 0101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

deep, and

Anaphora

the, and