This is an analysis of Because Thou Art Nearest by Robert Laurence Binyon.
Because thou art nearest
To the mystery of the fire…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abXbccbXXdadabbb
- Stanza lengths: 16,
- Metre: 011110 001000010 101101 1010010 10101 101101 100010 101010 110110 01101 111111 11101 1010010 011010 1010110 111010
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 16
