This is an analysis of Amo, Ergo Sum by Robert Laurence Binyon.

Whatever seemed to reign within my breast,
Ere now, or reigned in the true sovereign's room,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababb XcXcb adadb
  • Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,
  • Metre: 1101010111 11110011001 1101111101 1011010011 1011110101 1011111111 1011010011 11101111100 1111010101 0111111101 1111110101 1111010111 1111011101 1101011111 1011111111
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

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