Analysis of Hodge
John Clare 1793 (Helpston) – 1864 (St Andrew's Hospital)
He plays with other boys when work is done,
But feels too clumsy and too stiff to run,
Yet where there's mischief he can find a way
The first to join and last [to run] away.
What's said or done he never hears or minds
But gets his pence for all the eggs he finds.
He thinks his master's horses far the best,
And always labours longer than the rest.
In frost and cold though lame he's forced to go--
The call's more urgent when he journeys slow.
In surly speed he helps the maids by force
And feeds the cows and hallos till he's hoarse;
And when he's lame they only jest and play
And bid him throw his kiby heels away.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011111 1111001111 1111011101 0111011101 1111110111 1111110111 1111010101 01110101 0101111111 0111011101 0101110111 010101111 0111110101 011111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 612 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 14 |
Lines Amount | 14 |
Letters per line (avg) | 34 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 477 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 123 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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