This is an analysis of Chateau Gaillard by Robert Laurence Binyon.
Shattered tower and desolated keep
Darken; far below the river shines…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababa cdcdc efXfe fgfgf gcgcg hfhfh ijiji kgkgk ecXce
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,5,
- Metre: 1010110001 101010101 101110111 111010111 101 1010110101 101000101 101110101 1010100101 101 10100100101 101011101 101011110 1010010011 101 1011101001 100111101 101110111 101110111 111 101010101 10010101001 111110101 1111100101 111 1010101001 0010010101 101010101 001110101 101 1011101010 0101010101 1011111010 1011101001 1010 111010111 111011101 101011001 011111101 101 101110101 101101111 1011101010 0001011010 101
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 9
- Lines: 45
Anaphora
as, lion
