Analysis of Turkeys

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



The turkeys wade the close to catch the bees
In the old border full of maple trees
And often lay away and breed and come
And bring a brood of chelping chickens home.
The turkey gobbles loud and drops his rag
And struts and sprunts his tail and then lets drag
His wing on ground and makes a huzzing noise,
Nauntles at passer-bye and drives the boys
And bounces up and flies at passer-bye.
The old dog snaps and grins nor ventures nigh.
He gobbles loud and drives the boys from play;
They throw their sticks and kick and run away.


Scheme AABCDDEEFFGG
Poetic Form
Metre 0101011101 0011011101 0101010101 010111101 0101010111 0101110111 111101011 111010101 0101011101 0111011101 1101010111 1111010101
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 525
Words 103
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 12
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 35
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 420
Words per stanza (avg) 101
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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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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