Lyric Poem · Love
The Clod and the Pebble
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“The Clod and the Pebble” by William Blake — quilloak.com/poems/the-clod-and-the-pebble
Quick facts
- Poem
- The Clod and the Pebble
- Poet
- William Blake
- Length
- 12 lines
- Form
- Lyric Poem
- Themes
- Love, Peace, Nature
Craft notes
How this poem works
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- Shape
- 12 lines · 3 quatrains
- End rhyme
- ABAB in 67% of the stanzas — alternate rhyme. The remaining stanzas vary, often through slant rhyme.
- Line length
- Lines run 7-9 syllables (median 8), consistent with tetrameter. No single length dominates, which is normal once elision and contraction are in play.
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Text, source & rights
A traceable edition
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- Author record
- William Blake1757–1827
- Source record
- PoetryDBThe Clod and the Pebble by william-blake, PoetryDB transcription
- Display decision
- Full text · United States · reviewed 2026-07-18
- Publication record
- Not recorded in the imported source
- Text fingerprint
- SHA-256 a4341c16001ef594…
- Editorial handling
- Whitespace and stanza breaks normalized for web display; no material wording change recorded.