This is an analysis of A Dream by Robert Laurence Binyon.

Behold an endless evening over land
That lapped in vast vales rises up afar…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdefXbaaXfeeeaacXdd
  • Stanza lengths: 23,
  • Metre: 0111010101 1101110101 0001010101 0101010001 1100010101 1111010101 0101110101 1101101101 11011001001 1011011111 11001010101 1011010101 1111010101 1111100101 11001111101 01010101110 1001010101 1111010111 10101011111 1111110101 0101010101 0111010001 11001010100
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 23

Repeated words/phrases

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