This is an analysis of Disappointment by Robert Laurence Binyon.
And were they but for this, those passionate schemes
Of joy, that I have nursed? indeed for this…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: ababa cdXdc efefe ggggg chchc ijiji ckckXXcacac
- Stanza lengths: 5,5,5,5,5,5,11,
- Metre: 10111011001 0111110110 1101111111 101101001 110001 1111001111 1111110011 10011101100 10111101 110101 1111000101 11010111000 0101110101 01011101 101001 1000101101 1001010111 1101010101 101001011 0100101 1000100111 0100010111 1111011101 10111111 110111 11111101111 1101110111 0101000101 10011101 01010100 1101111101 011111110010 0111010001 011101010 110101 01111111111 0101110111 11110110011 11010001 110101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 40
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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