This is an analysis of Kennack Sands by Robert Laurence Binyon.

On Kennack Sands the sun
Shines, and the fresh wind blows,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcbcdeaefffdggfhabahbeehaiibX
  • Stanza lengths: 30,
  • Metre: 110101 110111 101101 101101 10101 111001 1010101 1000101 111101 111101 100111 011101 101101 010101 010101 100100 111101 110111 10011 010011 011001 01101 00101 111110 1101111 111111 110101 101111 00101110 100110
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 30