Analysis of Field Path

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



The beams in blossom with their spots of jet
Smelt sweet as gardens wheresoever met;
The level meadow grass was in the swath;
The hedge briar rose hung right across the path,
White over with its flowers--the grass that lay
Bleaching beneath the twittering heat to hay
Smelt so deliciously, the puzzled bee
Went wondering where the honey sweets could be;
And passer-bye along the level rows
Stoopt down and whipt a bit beneath his nose.


Scheme AABCDDEEFF
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 0101011111 1111011 010111001 01101110101 11011100111 100101111 1101000101 11001010111 0101010101 1101010111
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 434
Words 78
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 10
Lines Amount 10
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 351
Words per stanza (avg) 76
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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John Clare

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