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.


Scheme ABCDBEBE
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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John Clare

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