This is an analysis of Midsummer Noon by Robert Laurence Binyon.

At her window gazes over the elms
A girl; she looks on the branching green;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd baba efef
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1010101001 011110101 1010110001 01110101 100100101 010010111 011101111 010100101 1111001001 101110101 01001001001 110010101 010100101 01010101 010010111 0100100101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

her

Anaphora

the