This is an analysis of The Fens by John Clare.
Wandering by the river's edge,
I love to rustle through the sedge…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeeffgghh iiccjbb ffkkbbkkbb ddddbb llhhkkiifXXkkk hhccmmkkbmjj nnkkffddnnhhkkhhXXhhiihhkkkknn
- Stanza lengths: 16,7,10,6,14,12,30,
- Metre: 10010101 11010101 11010101 11111101 11010101 11010101 1101101 11011001 1100011 01010101 01010111 11011111 11000101 11010101 11011101 10010101 1010101 10010101 11010001 11010011 11011101 11011101 010111101 11010101 1101111 01010101 10010101 11010111 11111101 11010101 11011111 11010111 01011101 010101001 01110111 01110001 11110101 11011101 11010001 01011101 10011101 11010001 10110101 01000101 110110101 11010110 01010101 01010101 01010101 11010101 110001001 10010101 11010101 11110101 01010001 01010101 1101111 110101010 110101010 11111111 11010101 11110101 010101110 11011101 01111101 11010101 11010101 11010111 10010101 11010101 11110001 10110101 01011101 01110001 11011101 01110101 11010101 11011101 01010101 11110111 110111001 01111111 010101001 01010001 11011101 10010101 01011101 11111101 110111001 11110101 10010101 10010101 110101010 011111101 11010011
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 7
- Lines: 95
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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