This is an analysis of Autumn Song by Robert Laurence Binyon.

All is wild with change,
Large the yellow leaves…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: AbccdeAXbdeeddA
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 10101 10101 11111 11111 101010 100001 10101 10111 111110 11111 11101 111010 100110 10101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic trimeter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14