This is an analysis of At Rheims 23 by Robert Laurence Binyon.

Within, the pillars soar to gloom
Lit by the glimmering Rose ;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X ab a c cX c d bX b a eb e b Xd X
  • Stanza lengths: 1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,1,2,1,
  • Metre: 01010101 1101001 100101001 010101 10111101 0101101 010011101 0101011 11010101 010101 01010101 110111 110101111 110101 01111111 110101 11110101 011100 10101101 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 15
  • Lines: 20