This is an analysis of The Soldier by John Clare.
Home furthest off grows dearer from the way;
And when the army in the Indias lay…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeebbff
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1101110001 1101000101 1101000101 0111001101 11001010011 1001010101 0111011101 1101010101 11010101001 1011000101 1101010101 1011110101 1100010001 1101010111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
