This is an analysis of Fide Et Literis by Robert Laurence Binyon.

When the long--clouded spirit of Europe drew
Life from Greek springs, frost could no longer bind,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbaabba cdddcd
  • Stanza lengths: 8,6,
  • Metre: 10110100101 10101111101 1111111101 1101010111 111110101 11101011001 1111010101 1001100111 0111010101 1001010111 1011000101 1101111101 1110010101 0101010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 14