This is an analysis of The Thrush's Nest by John Clare.

Within a thick and spreading hawthorn bush
That overhung a molehill large and round,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcdefefdd
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101110111 1001011111 1101010101 1101111101 0111010101 1101010101 1111010101 11000010111 1111111101 11010111110 1101010101 11110001010 0101010111 1101110101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: Shakespearean sonnet
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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