This is an analysis of August by Robert Laurence Binyon.

In drooping leaves of the plane
Hangs blue the early heat;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba cdXd efcf bgcgXefef
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 0101001 110101 1001001 110101 11001010 1010010010 101111011 1001010 1101011 1111001 0110111 10111001 1011011 1010100 101101110 0100111 0111001 1110101 00101010 1100101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

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