This is an analysis of The Shepherd's Calendar - June by John Clare.
Now summer is in flower and natures hum
Is never silent round her sultry bloom…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbcXbXddbbddcceeffccggXdhhbbffiigghhggffjjdXddccggjjeekkffbbXbllkkdddXmmggaammjjaaccXdbbXkiiffddbbfXllbbfXdfjjddeecckkbbffdaddjjdXjjddggaajjfffXggllbbddXfbbbbmmcXjjdd
- Stanza lengths: 168,
- Metre: 11000101101 0101010101 1111111101 11001110001 1111110101 1101001100 11111001101 1101111110 11101101010 01111111010 1111010101 1111100101 1011011111 011011101 11001010101 1101110101 0110011101 01111011101 1111011101 10110101111 1101110101 1001010101 11001111101 0101110101 1101011100 1101011101 0111011111 0101101101 1111000101 0101001111 1111110101 1101010111 1101010101 0101110101 1111010101 0111010001 1011010101 1111010101 10110101001 1101111101 1101010101 1111111001 0101110101 11010101001 0101000111 1001000101 0101010111 1101010101 1101100101 1101001101 1101011101 0111010101 1111010101 1101110101 01010101101 1101110101 1111011101 1101110101 1101011101 1101110111 0111011111 1000111101 1111010110 1101000101 0101111101 1101101101 1111011111 1011011101 1111011101 0111001101 11010111001 1101000101 01110011101 1101111111 1011100101 1101110101 1101001101 0101010101 1111000101 0111000101 0101101101 1101010101 0111000101 1101110101 1111110101 0011010101 11010101010 1101000011 1101010111 1101111111 1001110110 1101110101 1101100101 0101110101 11110101 0111010101 10010111001 1111101101 1111110101 0101110101 110111101 1011010010 1111110101 1111010111 1111000111 1101011101 1011010101 1001110110 10110110111 11110010101 1101010101 1101010101 11110101110 110010101010 1101010011 1111110101 11110100011 10001010101 1101100101 110101100111 1101111111 1101110101 1101010101 1111011111 1111010101 1111011101 1101010101 1101110111 1101111101 1101011101 10010010101 1111110101 110011101101 11000101001 1101110101 11001010101 1011010101 1101010011 10010011111 0101011101 1101110101 1111100101 1101110101 1101110001 1101010101 1001010110 1101010101 010011100101 11010010111 1101000101 1001010101 1101010101 1111111101 1101101101 1011011110 0101000101 1011011101 1101010111 1111010101 1111110101 1001110101 11010101001 1001111101 0111000101 1101010101 0100110101 11111111010 01011101010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: heroic couplets
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 168
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
the, and
