This is an analysis of The Vixen by John Clare.

Among the taller wood with ivy hung,
The old fox plays and dances round her young.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccbbddbX
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101010101 0111110101 1111010101 1101110101 0101011101 1110010101 0101110101 1111110001 0101010111 1101110101 1111110101 1101110101 1111110101 0111011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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