This is an analysis of In Carissimam Memoriam A.S.P. by Robert Laurence Binyon.
To whom but thee, my youth to dedicate,
My youth, which these few leaves have sought to save,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab caca bdbd efef ghgh icic dddd jiji dede kbkb lele
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
- Metre: 0111110101 1111111101 1111111111 0111110111 0111011111 11001011101 1111110011 1001010001 1111011111 11010110111 111100010111 0101010101 1111011111 1101111101 11110111101 1111001101 1100111101 0111100101 1011010101 0101000101 1011010101 1011110101 01010011101 1111110111 1101010101 0101011101 1011011101 0101011111 1011111111 11010100101 0111010111 0101010101 1111110101 0101010011 1001111101 1011111101 11011011101 1001110101 10011000101 0101110111 11010111011 1101111101 1101110111 0001011101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 11
- Lines: 44
Repeated words/phrases
to, what, on
Anaphora
what, still
