This is an analysis of A Mother’s Song by Robert Laurence Binyon.

Over fast--closed baby eyes
In the garden's golden air…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababba cdcddc ceceec fgfggf XbXbba
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,6,6,6,
  • Metre: 1011101 0010101 1010101 1010111 1010111 10100101 1011101 11010111 1011011 1011101 1011101 1000111 1111101 1111101 1010111 11101011 1110111 1111111 11111001 11100111 1011101 1000101 1010111 1010111 11100100 1011111 1101000 1010101 1110111 1010101
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 30

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

you