Analysis of The Peasant Poet
John Clare 1793 (Helpston) – 1864 (St Andrew's Hospital)
He loved the brook's soft sound,
The swallow swimming by.
He loved the daisy-covered ground,
The cloud-bedappled sky.
To him the dismal storm appeared
The very voice of God;
And when the evening rack was reared
Stood Moses with his rod.
And everything his eyes surveyed,
The insects in the brake,
Were creatures God Almighty made,
He loved them for His sake--
A silent man in life's affairs,
A thinker from a boy,
A peasant in his daily cares,
A poet in his joy.
Scheme | ABABCDCDEFEFGHGH |
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Poetic Form | Traditional rhyme |
Metre | 110111 010101 11010101 0111 11010101 010111 01010111 110111 0101101 01001 01010101 111111 01010101 010101 01001101 010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 455 |
Words | 86 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 16 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 360 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 84 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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