Clock-o'-clay Poem Rhyme Scheme and Analysis
Rhyme Scheme: AABBCC BBDDAA EEAACC FFGHCC| In the cowslip pips I lie | A |
| Hidden from the buzzing fly | A |
| While green grass beneath me lies | B |
| Pearled with dew like fishes' eyes | B |
| Here I lie a clock o' clay | C |
| Waiting for the time o' day | C |
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| While the forest quakes surprise | B |
| And the wild wind sobs and sighs | B |
| My home rocks as like to fall | D |
| On its pillar green and tall | D |
| When the pattering rain drives by | A |
| Clock o' clay keeps warm and dry | A |
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| Day by day and night by night | E |
| All the week I hide from sight | E |
| In the cowslip pips I lie | A |
| In the rain still warm and dry | A |
| Day and night and night and day | C |
| Red black spotted clock o' clay | C |
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| My home shakes in wind and showers | F |
| Pale green pillar topped with flowers | F |
| Bending at the wild wind's breath | G |
| Till I touch the grass beneath | H |
| Here I live lone clock o' clay | C |
| Watching for the time of day | C |
John Clare
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