This is an analysis of The Tramp by John Clare.

He eats (a moment's stoppage to his song)
The stolen turnip as he goes along;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccccddee
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101010001 0101011101 1101110101 0101011101 1101110101 1101010101 1101010101 1111011111 11101010101 0101110101 1101011111 1111011111 1101111111 1100011111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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