This is an analysis of The Cuckoo by John Clare.
The cuckoo, like a hawk in flight,
With narrow pointed wings…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababcccc ddddcece bfbfcgcg hbhbbihi
- Stanza lengths: 8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 01110101 010101 110111101 111111 110101001 110101 11010101 110111 11011111 1111001 01011101 1101001 01110111 1101010 1111011 1100110 011101011 100101 11010100 110101 11010101 110111101 111111001 11011101 11000101 01000101 11010101 01011101 11011101 11110101 11010111 01010111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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