This is an analysis of The Crow Sat On The Willow by John Clare.

The crow sat on the willow tree
A-lifting up his wings,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXcadd efefgXgXgg hghXXdXdaa fbfbiXiXdd
  • Stanza lengths: 10,10,10,10,
  • Metre: 01110111 010101 11010101 110101 11110111 010111 1100100101 010111 111100101 11010101 11110101 110111 11110101 110111 01010101 011101 11010111 110101 11111101 01010101 1101110 110001 1101010 001101 11110101 110101 11011101 0111001 01010101 11010101 01110111 110101 010101001 110011 11100101 01101 01010111 1101001 01010101 11010111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 40

Repeated words/phrases

love, and, his

Anaphora

and, the