This is an analysis of A New Idol by Robert Laurence Binyon.

Magnificent the Beast! Look in the eyes
Of the fell tiger towering on his prey,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdecde
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 0100011001 00110100101 10000100111 1100010101 1101111011 1001001111 1101110011 01010101001 1101100111 01010001110 1011110101 1100011101 110100110100 10110100101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14

Repeated words/phrases

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