This is an analysis of Gossamers by Robert Laurence Binyon.

In the breathing of a breath--
How, who shall say?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb Xded Xfaf egdg chXh ddXd ebXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0010001 1111 101110 00101 100101 10011 10101 011001 11111 110011 011111 010101 110001 100101 100101 111101 110101 101011 0101011 110100 110001 110101 0101001 010101 110101 111111 111111 1101001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 28

Repeated words/phrases

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