This is an analysis of The Old Cottagers by John Clare.
The little cottage stood alone, the pride
Of solitude surrounded every side.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccaaddeeffggaaffhhXddaaaagghh
- Stanza lengths: 33,
- Metre: 0101010101 01010101001 1101011101 0100011111 01011101 1111010101 1001010101 0101110101 0101110101 1011100101 11010100101 1101010101 0111110101 1001011101 1101010101 0011010101 0011001101 10111001001 1101101101 0101110111 010101110110 11010101010 1011010101 0101010111 1001011101 1111010101 1111111101 1101011101 1101110011 01001110110 1011001101 11010010011
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 32
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