This is an analysis of The Fear Of Flowers by John Clare.
The nodding oxeye bends before the wind,
The woodbine quakes lest boys their flowers should find,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccbbaadddd
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 0101010101 01011111011 1101010001 1101010101 1101110101 1101010101 1101110101 1101111101 0101110101 0111110001 1001011101 1101011101 01010111010 010010101010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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