This is an analysis of As I Walked Through London by Robert Laurence Binyon.

As I walked through London,
The fresh wound burning in my breast,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbAbbbcaccabbdbdbadc
  • Stanza lengths: 20,
  • Metre: 111110 01110011 111110 100101001011101 010101001001 11010111 0101110111 011010010101 101111 111101101101 111101 1101001 1100111001001 1100111001 011101 01001001001011 1101101 1001011011011 11001 1001001001101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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