This is an analysis of The Flood by John Clare.
On Lolham Brigs in wild and lonely mood
I've seen the winter floods their gambols play…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbcdXdefeff bbcgchghbibiXh cfcfchchbababX
- Stanza lengths: 14,14,14,
- Metre: 1101011101 1101011101 1111110111 11001010101 1111010101 1101010111 0101010111 0101011110 0101110101 1111000101 1101111101 1111010101 1101111011 10111001101 1101110101 1111100101 1111110101 00101010101 0101010101 1101010101 1011010001 11010011101 11010101 1101010101 1001010101 1101011111 1101011010 0101110101 1101110101 1101010101 1101110101 0101010101 1101111111 11001011001 1101011111 11101110111 0111011101 0101010001 11111100101 1101110111 1101110001 11010000100
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 3
- Lines: 42
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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