This is an analysis of To John Clare by John Clare.

Well, honest John, how fare you now at home?
The spring is come, and birds are building nests;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXababcdcddede
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 1101111111 00101111101 0111000101 0101010101 1011010111 1001110111 1111011101 11110111001 0110010101 0101111101 1101111101 0110110111 0101010101 1101010101
  • 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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