This is an analysis of Commercial by Robert Laurence Binyon.

Gross, with protruding ears,
Sleek hair, brisk glance, fleshy and yet alert,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dXef Xbbb fada dfgf hgXg gXXX giciXechc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 100101 1111101101 111101 10010001001001 11101010 001001011110 100101 010111000100 010111 10111111001 101001 001010110111 1111110 1001010111 11111 110100101111 101011 1101010110100 101101 001101001010100 1001111 1010101001 110101 010001100101 1101001 11100101111 1100011 1001001011100 111001 10110100111 001011 110111101101 00100111 11011110101 111000 0101011110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 9
  • Lines: 36

Repeated words/phrases

and, all, of, be

Anadiplosis

all