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

Now December darkens
Over Autumn dead.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabaccc debbed
  • Stanza lengths: 7,6,
  • Metre: 101010 10101 0101110 1011001 01110101 1110101 101 101010 0110100 1111101 1110101 00110001 1101010
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 13