This is an analysis of Companions by Robert Laurence Binyon.

The bread that's broken when we eat together
Tastes sweet. A sunbeam stealing to your hand…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaXcdcXdefaXdeebbdghXfgghcc
  • Stanza lengths: 28,
  • Metre: 01110111010 1101110011 11010101010 0111011101 0111011111 1001100101 1100111111 01101010001 1011010111 1001011111 11110101001 01011001110 1101110001 11001011111 11010101001 1101110011 1111100101 1001010111 0101111101 1111110011 100100101001 00101111000 00101010101 10101000001 00011011101 00101110011 0101001101 110001111101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 28

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