This is an analysis of The Gipsy's Camp by John Clare.

How oft on Sundays, when I'd time to tramp,
My rambles led me to a gipsy's camp,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXXbbccddeebbbbbbffggeegXgghhfXXgXg
  • Stanza lengths: 36,
  • Metre: 1111111101 1101100101 1011000111 010111101 1111110101 1011000101 0101010101 0101010101 11111100101 11101011101 11010010001 1101011101 11111101011 01010011101 1011010101 1101110101 1111010101 1101110101 1111010101 1001010101 1101010101 1111010001 1111010111 11001010101 1101110101 1101010101 10110101001 1111010101 1101101101 1111010111 1001111110 1001110100 1111110110 0111011101 0101010010 1111010111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: heroic couplets
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

her, should, to, and

Anaphora

and