This is an analysis of To A Fallen Elm by John Clare.
Old Elm that murmured in our chimney top
The sweetest anthem autumn ever made…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababbcccbcdbdb defedgdgbggbgb hhbhiiff hXhededehhhXbb hchcbcbXgegeii jgjXhhXh
- Stanza lengths: 14,14,8,14,14,8,
- Metre: 1111001101 0101010101 10010100111 11011110101 1111010101 1101101101 0011000101 1111010011 1011010111 1101110111 01010011010 1111010101 11111100010 01010111101 110011111010 1111010101 1110110101 1101100101 11111010010 1100111110 10011111010 1111011111 0101101101 1111110111 0101110101 1011010111 1101010011 1101110101 1101001111 11110100111 1101011111 1011010101 11010101001 1001010101 1101110111 1101110111 1101011101 1101001100 11001110101 1111110100 11010101010 1101110101 110101010110 11010110101 11010101010 0101011101 11110111010 1111011110 0111111001 1101011111 0101101001 0101010101 0101001101 0111001101 1101010101 1101010101 1101011101 1101010101 1101010101 0101010101 0101110101 1101011101 1101111111 1101110001 1111010101 0101010101 1111111101 0101010111101 1111111101 11010001010 111110001 11011001010
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 6
- Lines: 72
Repeated words/phrases
thee, thy, and, what, in, when, of
Anaphora
the, and
