This is an analysis of The Stranger by John Clare.
When trouble haunts me, need I sigh?
No, rather smile away despair;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbb cdcdee eXecaa fefecc aeaegg hihigg aaaaee gaXabb
- Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
- Metre: 11011111 11010101 11101111 01011111 11010101 11110101 11011111 11010101 111111001 11100101 111101010 1100101010 11111101 11011110 11011101 11110101 11011101 11010111 11010101 11010101 11011101 11010101 01100101 01010111 11110101 01001111 10110101 11110100 11110111 11010101 01010101 11010001 11010101 11110001 11011101 01010001 01111001 01010101 01110001 01010101 11010001 11010011 11110110 11110101 01011101 11111101 10111101 11010001
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 49
Repeated words/phrases
i, on, and, in
Anaphora
the
