Analysis of Patty of the Vale
John Clare 1793 (Helpston) – 1864 (St Andrew's Hospital)
'A weedling child on lonely lea
My evening rambles chanced to see;
And much the weedling tempted me
To crop its tender flower;
Exposed to wind and heavy rain,
It's head bow'd lowly on the plain;
Hand silently it seem'd in pain
Of life's endanger'd hour.
And and wilt thou bid my bloom decay,
And crop my flower, and me betray,
And cast my injured sweets away?-
Its silence seemly sigh'd
'A moment's idol of thy mind!
And is a stranger so unkind
to leave the shameful root behind,
Bereft of all its pride?'
And so it seemly did complain;
And beating fell the heavy rain;
And low it droop'd upon the plain,
To fate resign'd to fall:
My heart did melt at its decline,
And ' Come,' said I, ' thou gem divine,
My fate shall stand the storm with thine;'
So took the root and all.'
Scheme | AAAB CCCB DDDE FFFE CCCG HHHG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111101 1101111 0101101 1111010 01110101 11110101 11001101 1101010 001111101 011100101 01110101 11011 01010111 01010101 11010101 011111 0111101 01010101 01110101 110111 11111101 01111101 11110111 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 759 |
Words | 155 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 11, 2023
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