This is an analysis of Adversaries by Robert Laurence Binyon.
Who are these that meet
At random in the street?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aabbbbccdd XXccaaXXeeffgg aahheeiiffggffjj aabbffgaaddcchhkkllddXiiXiibbff gXaammaaeegg
- Stanza lengths: 10,14,16,31,12,
- Metre: 11111 110001 101011 11111 10111 111100 110001 010101 1010111 010101 101100 110110 100011 110101 100101 1101011 110101 010111 0110001 011101 0101001 011101 010101 101100 010111 100101 100111 110001 010101 10001 010101 010010 010111 011101 010111 001111 010001 1001011 011101 110111 111101 011001 010101 1000101 110101 100111 010101 100001 010101 110101 010111 110101 011101 110101 110101 111101 000101 010101 110101 110101 110101 010010 010101 110001 011101 1101001 110101 011011 110101 1100101 0101001 110011 11100 111001 111101 010101 001101 001101 010101 010001 110101 111101 111101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 83
Repeated words/phrases
her, of, his
Anaphora
the, her, of, his
