This is an analysis of The Shepherds Calendar - April by John Clare.
The infant april joins the spring
And views its watery skye…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXabcdcd efefagaghghghghg ggggiiii jkjkgbXb igigbaba ccccigig kXkggdgd ghghbhbh ccccghgh gkXkglgl babafgfg gbgbigiX fefejkjk iaiagfgf memeXggg cgcgebeb kckchdhd cncngege gigigggg fgfgcbcb cXcheoeo dadaXXXd
- Stanza lengths: 8,16,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,8,
- Metre: 010101001 1101001 11010101 111101 01011101 110101 01010111 1101001 11011001 011101 11011111 110001 11010101 110101 01011101 110101 01010101 110101 11010101 110111 11010101 1100010 11110101 1101010 11011101 010101 11010101 010101 11110101 110100 11101101 111101 11010101 011101 11010001 110101 01010101 011101 1101101100 011101 01011101 011101 110101101 110001 11111001 1101001 11011011 1100001 01110101 0111010 110010111 110001 01111101 011101 11001101 011101 011101001 1101100 11110111 011001 110101110 010011 011011010 111111 01111101 110001 111100101 110101 11011111 110101 01011101 111101 11111101 110101 11000101 111101 110011100 011101 11010101 110101 11111101 111111 11011101 110111 110101010 111101 110101110 110101 11110110 0101001 1100101101 111101 01110011 110111 1100100101 111101 011101010 011101 101111010 110101 11010101 010101 110101001 110100 11010101 111101 11010101 110001 11111101 0100101 11000101 011101 01111101 110101 01110101 110101 010111010 110101 110111010 010101 01111101 010111 1101111 011101 10111110 011101 11111101 1101001 11010101 0111010 11010101 1101010 11010101 010101 11010101 110101 01010101 110101 11000101 110101 11010101 1101101 01010101 110101 01010111 110001 10110101 110101 11010101 1101001 10111101 110101 11011101 011101 11001101 110101 101101010 010001 110011010 110101 01010101 110101 11011101 110101 11010101 110100 11111101 110101 110101101 111101 111101010 110101 11110101 100101 11110001 110101 11010111 1101001 11111101 110101 11110110 110110 111101101 110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 22
- Lines: 184
Repeated words/phrases
with, her, and, their, thy
Anaphora
the, as, and, to, thou
