This is an analysis of The Yellowhammer by John Clare.
When shall I see the white-thorn leaves agen,
And yellowhammers gathering the dry bents…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXXaabXbccbccb
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1111011110 11000100011 1011110111 1001110001 1001010101 1001011111 1111110101 1011011101 1001011101 1111111101 01001111101 0100010101 0101111101 0101110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14