Analysis of A Sigh, In A Play-Ground.

John Clare 1793 (Helpston) – 1864 (St Andrew's Hospital)



O happy spot! how much the sight of thee
Wakes the endearments of my infancy:
The very trees, through which the wild-winds sigh,
Seem whispering now some joys of youth gone by;
And each spot round, so sacred to my sight,
Hints at some former moment of delight.
Each object there still warmly seems to claim
Tender remembrance of some childish game;
Still on the slabs, before yon door that lie,
The top seems spinning in fond memory's eye;
And fancy's echo still yon field resounds
With noise of blind-man's buff, and fox-and-hounds.
Ah, as left rotting 'neath its mossy crown
The pile stands sacred o'er some past renown,
So thou, dear spot, though doubtless but to me,
Art sacred from the joys possess'd in thee,
That rose, and shone, and set--a sun's sojourn;
As quick in speed,--alas, without return!


Scheme AABBCCDDBBEEFFAAGG
Poetic Form
Metre 1101110111 10111100 0101110111 11001111111 0111110111 1111010101 1101110111 1001011101 1101011111 011100111 01101111 1111110101 111101111 01110101101 1111110111 1101010101 1101010110 1101010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 787
Words 141
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 18
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 624
Words per stanza (avg) 140
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John Clare

John Clare was an English poet in his time he was commonly known as the Northamptonshire Peasant Poet more…

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