This is an analysis of Bab—lock—hythe by Robert Laurence Binyon.

In the time of wild roses
As up Thames we travelled…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXX cddc dccd dbbd edde bbXb Xccb Xaad dffd cXXc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0010110 111110 11101100 010100 0011010 011110 111010 111110 110010 111010 1011010 111110 011110 011010 111110 110110 1011010 111110 111110 111010 111010 111110 111010 011010 011010 011110 1100010 1011010 111110 010110 010110 011110 1010110 111110 101110 010110 010110 01010000 00101100 111010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 10
  • Lines: 40