Analysis of Fragment
John Clare 1793 (Helpston) – 1864 (St Andrew's Hospital)
The cataract, whirling down the precipice,
Elbows down rocks and, shouldering, thunders through.
Roars, howls, and stifled murmurs never cease;
Hell and its agonies seem hid below.
Thick rolls the mist, that smokes and falls in dew;
The trees and greenwood wear the deepest green.
Horrible mysteries in the gulph stare through,
Roars of a million tongues, and none knows what they mean.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01001010100 1110100101 1101010101 1011001101 1101110101 010110101 10010000111 110101011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 387 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 39 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 309 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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