This is an analysis of A Spring Song by Robert Laurence Binyon.

Not yet a bough to bud may dare
On the naked tree.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcdcd efefagag
  • Stanza lengths: 8,8,
  • Metre: 11010111 10101 110100101 1111 11010111 1101 01110111 1111 10010101 01001 11110111 1101 11110101 1101 011010101 1101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 16