This is an analysis of An Old Answer by Robert Laurence Binyon.

Ask me not, Dear, what thing it is
That makes me love you so;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: ababcc cdXdbb
  • Stanza lengths: 6,6,
  • Metre: 11111100 111111 11011100 101101 11110101 11111111 11111111 110111 11010100 111101 11011111 11111111
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

what, i, you