This is an analysis of What Is Life? by John Clare.
And what is Life? An hour-glass on the run,
A mist retreating from the morning sun,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabXbX aacac Xdede cXcXfcfc
- Stanza lengths: 6,5,5,8,
- Metre: 11011101101 0101000101 01010010101 0101010101 1100010101 1001010101 1101010101 1001010101 1111000111 0111010001 1111010101 1101010110 11010010101 01110010101 1111010001 1111110101 1101110001 01000100100 1101111101 1101000100 1101011101 0110010101 1100110101 0111010001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 24
Repeated words/phrases
of, and, to
Anaphora
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