This is an analysis of In The British Museum by Robert Laurence Binyon.
Shafts of light, that poured from the August sun,
Glowed on long red walls of the gallery cool;…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: abab aaaa cdcd dddd XcXc efef eeeeXecec
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Metre: 1011100101 11111001001 10110100101 110111101 0101010101 11010100101 10001010101 010101101101 1001100111 11001010101 1110010101 10010101101 11001011001 010000010111 11010100101 01001101111 11110101010 0110010111 11010101110 11010011001 110010100101 011110101 111110101 10110100101 1101100101 010011110010 101101100111 01101010011 10000101111 111110111 1111001101101 1110110100101
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Stanzas: 8
- Lines: 32
Repeated words/phrases
of, her, and
