This is an analysis of Winter Walk by John Clare.

The holly bush, a sober lump of green,
Shines through the leafless shrubs all brown and grey,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababbccadedeeb
  • Stanza lengths: 14,
  • Metre: 0101010101 1101011111 1111000111 0101010001 1100010101 0101010101 1101110101 0111011101 1001011111 0101000101 10010011101 0101110111 1111011101 0101111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 14