This is an analysis of The Wood-Cutter's Night Song by John Clare.
Welcome, red and roundy sun,
Dropping lowly in the west;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ABAB CDCD eaea bfbf gcgc hbhb dhdh aeae ABABXCDCD
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1011101 1010001 1111101 0110101 1010101 1010111 1110101 1110111 1011101 1010111 1010011 1001101 0111101 1111100 1000101 10011111 11111111 1110111 1110011 11010101 1111101 1111101 1110101 01101001 1110111 0010101 1010111 1010101 1110110 1110111 1010101 1010111 1011101 1010001 1111101 0110101 1010101 1010111 1110101 1110111
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 10
- Lines: 40
